- - New Orleans closes out Mardi Gras with color and style in photos

AMY HARRIS and MATTHEW HINTONFebruary 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM

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1 / 182026 Mardi Gras ParadesAttendees march during the annual Krewe of Bacchus parade during the Mardi Gras season on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — New Orleans celebrates with revelry and parades as the city bids farewell to the Mardi Gras season.

Carnival events are popular for their spectacular and enormous floats, as well as the crafted outfits worn, such as Black masking Indians, whose beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses, or paradegoers walking the French Quarter in homemade costumes that capture the unique spirit of the Big Easy.

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