Mardi Gras arrived in the United States in the late 1600s, thanks to the Le Moyne brothers ... The royal chariot with Rex, the King of the Carnival, starts the Mardi Gras procession in downtown ...

(No, we aren't getting into the Mobile debate.) In Europe, Carnival season began in the 1600s as a post-Christmas celebration , when the nobles would host lavish parties and the poor would ...

The carnival "represents our identities ... Queen Nzinga Mbande and King Mandume ya Ndemufayo, who ruled in the 1600s and the early 1900s respectively, have both become national symbols of ...

In Europe, Carnival season began in the 1600s as a post-Christmas celebration , when the nobles would host lavish parties and the poor would, in turn, mock high society. The modern-day differences ...