MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Parades, balls and throws — all a part of the Mardi Gras tradition in Mobile. But what about the sounds of the carnival season? No parade is complete without the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Horses have been a huge part of Mardi Gras since the very first Carnival parade in Mobile. In 2024, the treatment of horses in parades was called into question after a ...

Next year, Mardi Gras is on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Fort Louis de la Mobile ... The original flambeaux carriers during Mardi Gras were enslaved individuals and free men of color, who would receive ...

Mardi Gras is celebrated with parades, festive attire and the consumption of king cake. The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green and gold, representing justice, faith and power ...

The first recorded celebration took place in 1703 in Mobile, Alabama. The first recorded Mardi Gras parade didn't happen ... until the cake is finished. The colors were picked in 1982 by the ...

We know we love King Cake – that combination of cake and bread with colorful sugar on top. The rich, cinnamon-infused pastry, made of twisted dough shaped into a circle or oval, was historically ...