Mardi Gras

If you thought Mardi Gras in northwest Louisiana was something that just happened around Fat Tuesday with a few parades, you're sadly mistaken!

In this video you are about to watch, four Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies from the motorcycle division break it down, doing the Cupid Shuffle!

Well, it was Mardi Gras, and it was in Louisiana, so yes this story makes perfect sense.

You know your celebrating Mardi Gras in Louisiana when...

A biologist at LSU has developed Mardi Gras beads that are biodegradable. Will we soon see this beads flying from floats across our great state?

Just send one out over the parade route loaded down with throws, and "laissez bomb temps rouler!"

A video surfaced on social media after a recent Mardi Gras celebration in Mamou and it shows someone dancing with a prosthetic leg in a bar.

One New Orleans woman had a wild Mardi Gras, and lived to tell us the incredible tale.

The signs and the throws make it very unique

What if you took two of your favorite Louisiana items and mashed them together to make a delicious Fat Tuesday meal?

Currently, the team is working on a launch for the beads in time for next years Mardi Gras season.

The Krewe of Gemini began rolling 30 years ago to bring Mardi Gras back to Shreveport Bossier. But our area actually celebrated Mardi Gras as far back as 1927.
Here's amazing video from the LSUS Archives showing some of the floats from that day.