Mardi Gras has long been an occasion for the city to laugh at tragedy and aim barbs at authorities, ... ‘C’est Levee’: Mardi Gras back in New Orleans .

Krewe du Vieux, the first harbinger of the Mardi Gras parade season, will roll Feb. 11 on its annual satirical parade through the Marigny and French Quarter, the the theme 'C'est Levee.' ...

Advocate staff photo by BRAD BOWIE -- Potic Rider, President of the Basile Mardi Gras Association, gives orders to masked revellers in Basile during the Courir De Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday 2015.