In Vevcani, North Macedonia, there's a carnival festival that's said to be 1,400 years old. It's a celebration marking the ...

While New Orleans has the largest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States, Lake Charles, Mississippi, has the largest known display of Mardi Gras costumes in the country.

Groh added that Gasparilla does have ties to Mardi Gras with its connection to the Krewe of Venus — the second Krewe formally ...