HAITIAN CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, AND GOVERNMENT

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HAITIAN CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, AND GOVERNMENT

• YVON ARISTIL

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HISTORY OF HAITI

• Haiti, a name that means "mountainous country,"
  is derived from the language of the Taino Indians
  who inhabited the island before European
  colonization.
• After independence in 1804, the name was adopted
  by the military generals, many of them former
  slaves, who expelled the French and took
  possession of the colony then known as Saint
  Domingue.
• In 2000, 95 percent of the population was of
  African descent, and the remaining 5 percent
  mulatto and white. Some wealthy citizens think of
  themselves as French, but most residents identify
  themselves as Haitian and there is a strong sense
  of nationalism.
• Area - comparative slightly smaller than
  Maryland

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• Haiti covers 10,714 square miles (27,750 square
  kilometers). It is located in the subtropics on
  the western third of Hispaniola, the second
  largest island in the Caribbean, which it shares
  with the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic. The
  neighboring islands include Cuba, Jamaica, and
  Puerto Rico. Three-quarters of the terrain is
  mountainous the highest peak is the Morne de
  Selle.
• The population has grown steadily from 431,140
  at independence in 1804 to the estimate of 6.9
  million to 7.2 million in 2000. Haiti is one of
  the most densely populated countries in the
  world. Until the 1970s, over 80 percent of the
  population resided in rural areas, and today,
  over 60 percent continue to live in provincial
  villages, hamlets, and homesteads scattered
  across the rural landscape. The capital city is
  Port-au-Prince, which is five times larger than
  the next biggest city, Cape Haitian.

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MUSIC OF HAITI

• Music is a part of Haitian culture and is
  influenced by French, Spanish and American music.
  Drum is the most important musical instrument.
  The famous and world-renowned music of Haiti is
  the Haitian Compas or Konpa Direk. Compas is a
  Spanish word meaning "rhythm" or "tones". Did you
  know that Haiti did not have any recorded music
  until 1937? A Haitian Jazz musician Guignard,
  first recorded the music in 1937. The music of
  Haiti is very unique and is taken from Vodou
  ceremony and traditions. The music of Haiti
  involves medium-to-fast tempo beats accompanied
  by electric guitars, saxophone, synthesizers and
  a horn. Some of the popular music forms of Haiti
  are Rara, Mizik Rasin, Mini-Jazz, Zouk and
  Haitian Rap.

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Famous Haitian Musician

• Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef
  Jean was the first member of his group to embark
  on a solo career, and he proved even more
  ambitious and eclectic on his own.
• The son of a minister, Nelust was born in
  Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, on October 17, 1972.

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• Festivities of Haiti begin in the month of
  February and are known as Carnival or Kanaval in
  Creole. At the time of festivities, people get
  away from their daily routine and are on streets
  dancing and singing. There are parade floats
  accompanied by music during the festival season.
  A musical festival known as Rara is celebrated
  before Easter with great pomp and show

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Carnival in Haiti

• New Year in Haiti is marked by grand
  celebrations that continue almost for a month.
  Such festivals in Haiti are enjoyed by all,
  natives as well as tourists Carnival in Haiti
  concludes on the day of Mardi-Gras, also known as
  Fat-Tuesday. This day is named after the custom
  of consuming all kinds of fats at home before the
  Easter season. The Wednesday that follows
  Mardi-Gras, is known as Ash Wednesday. This
  festival is marked by spectacular parades that
  feature floats, pageants, masked balls, elaborate
  costumes, seductive music and many more.

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SPORTS

• Like in Brazil or Italy, the football is the most
  popular sport in Haiti. Certainly, the national
  pastime is the football. A different of the
  Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, the Haitian
  people don't like the baseball. In the 20th
  Century, football became the most popular sport
  in the Island, thanks to such heroes as Sylvio
  Cator, Joseph Gaetjens and Emmanuel Sanon. In
  1974 Haiti qualified for the World Cup in
  Germany.

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• The religion practiced by the Haitians is
  Christianity and most of the natives are Roman
  Catholics. An ancient religion known as Vodou, is
  still practiced in many parts of the nation. This
  religion has many traditions and customs that is
  a fusion of Central and Western Africa, Europe
  and Taino religions. One the oldest church in
  Haiti.

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• the cuisine is also widely influenced by the
  cuisines of Africa, Taino and Europe. The staple
  food of Haitians is rice and beans. The other
  dishes are Griyo fried pork, Mayi moulen
  cornmeal, Sòs pwa bean sauce, Sos poul chicken
  in sauce and Poisson fish. The popular Haitian
  dessert consists of sweetened milk and rice and
  banana fried in butter.The arts and crafts of
  Haiti are very much in demand in the
  international market. The art works of Haitian
  artists are colorful and world famous. Some of
  the craft works include needlework, embroidery,
  leather goods, paper-mache pottery, sequin
  flag-making and metal crafts. Haiti is, indeed, a
  magic land that is rich in culture

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HAITIAN DESSERT

• Haitian dessert consists of sweetened milk and
  rice and banana fried in butter.

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• LABADIE BEACHOne of the best Haiti beaches is
  the Labadie beach. Labadie is a strip of land on
  the secluded Pointe Honore near Cape Haiti. This
  beach will provide you umpteen opportunities for
  swimming, snorkeling and nature walks. The
  Labadie beach is one of the world's best sandy
  beaches. If you take a stroll around the sides of
  this beach, you will find that it is protected by
  coral reefs.

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• HAITI PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
• Georges H. Baussan's 1912 design for the National
  Palace of Haiti. Built during the U.S. Marine
  occupation of Haiti in the 1920s

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• Basic Economy. Haiti is the poorest country in
  the Western Hemisphere and one of the poorest in
  the world. It is a nation of small farmers,
  commonly referred to as peasants, who work small
  private landholdings and depend primarily on
  their own labor and that of family members. There
  are no contemporary plantations and few
  concentrations of land. Although only 30 percent
  of the land is considered suitable for
  agriculture, more than 40 percent is worked.
  Erosion is severe. Real income for the average
  family has not increased in over twenty years and
  has declined precipitously in rural areas. In
  most rural areas, the average family of six earns
  less than 500 per year.

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HAITIAN MONEY
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• Jean-Bertrand Aristide was born on July 15, 1953,
  in Port- Salut a small town along Haiti's
  southern coast
• was first elected president of Haiti by a large
  margin in 1990. He was removed from power in a
  military takeover in 1991, however. But return
  president of Haiti in 2000 -2004

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General Raul Cedras

• Cedras was illegally removed in 1994 by the
  Clintoon regime who supported a murdering butcher
  who enjoyed seeing political opponants killed by
  being tied to tires and set aflame. Cedras
  removed Aristide in a 1991 coup and imprisoned
  hundreds of his socialist street thugs.

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HAITI MILLITARY
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• Haiti suffered an earthquake it was one of  a
  catastrophic magnitude 7.0 in Ritcher scale. Its
  epicentre was near the town of Léogâne,
  approximately 25 km from Port-au-Prince, Haitis
  capital. There were 52 aftershocks measuring
  about 4.5 in Ritcher scale.
• There are 170,000 confirmed deaths but up to
  200,000 estimated deaths, and 1.2 million people
  homeless (including children).

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