Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans

The Red Beans parade began in the Marigny neighborhood and ended in the Treme with the Treme Brass Band on Monday in New Orleans. Participants sported costumes made of various kinds of beans. (Kathleen Flynn / Associated Press)

March 4, 2014 7:39 AM PT

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Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city.

Sean Mason is up to his ears in Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans. (Dan Anderson / EPA)

Ginger Colgan is swept off her feet by a marcher in the Krewe of Thoth parade in New Orleans. (Dan Anderson / EPA)

A caged dancer rides a float in the Krewe of Tucks Parade in crowded downtown New Orleans. (Dan Anderson / EPA)

A Mardi Gras reveler walks through the French Quarter of New Orleans. (Sean Gardner / Getty Images)

“Beads! Beads!” the crowds on the street yell as the 32-float Krewe of Orpheus parade rolls uptown, led by celebrity monarch Quentin Tarantino. (David Grunfeld / Associated Press)

Mardi Gras revelers throw beads to decorate the Queen Kong float as the Krewe of Bacchus parade rolls down Napoleon Avenue in New Orleans. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)