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Haitian Carnival, the Glossary

Haitian Carnival (Kanaval, Carnaval) is a celebration held over several weeks each year leading up to Mardi Gras.^[1]

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Carnivals in Haiti
Culture of Haiti
Events in Port-au-Prince
Folk festivals in Haiti
Haitian Vodou
Music festivals in Haiti
Parades in Haiti

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Carnival

Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

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Carnivalesque

Carnivalesque is a literary mode that subverts and liberates the assumptions of the dominant style or atmosphere through humor and chaos.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Champ de Mars (Haiti)

Champ de Mars (Haitian Creole: Channmas) is the biggest public park in the downtown area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Compas

Compas, also known as compas direct in French, konpa dirèk in Haitian Creole, or simply konpa but most commonly as Kompa, is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti.

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Fanmi Lavalas

Fanmi Lavalas (Lavalas Family, Lavalas is Haitian Creole for flood) is a social-democratic political party in Haiti.

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Festival

A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures.

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François Duvalier

François Duvalier (14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen,; créole haïtien), or simply Creole (kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population.

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Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution (révolution haïtienne or La guerre de l'indépendance; Lagè d Lendependans) was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti.

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Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Haitian Vodou drumming

Vodou drumming and associated ceremonies are folk ritual faith system of henotheistic religion of Haitian Vodou originated and inextricable part of Haitian culture. Haitian Carnival and Haitian Vodou drumming are Haitian Vodou.

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Holy Week

Holy Week (lit) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity.

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Jacmel

Jacmel (Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French in 1698.

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Krewe

A krewe is a social organization that stages parades and/or balls for the Carnival season.

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Kreyol La

Kreyol La (often stylized as Kreyōl La) is a Haitian compas band.

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Lent

Lent (Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.

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Les Cayes

Les Cayes, often referred to as Aux Cayes (Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 71,236.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Manno Charlemagne

Joseph Emmanuel "Manno" Charlemagne (April 14, 1948 – December 10, 2017) was a Haitian political folk singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist, political activist and politician.

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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras (also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

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Music of Haiti

The music of Haiti combines a wide range of influences drawn from the diverse population that has settled on this Caribbean island.

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National Palace (Haiti)

The National Palace (Palais National; Palè nasyonal) was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars.

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Parade

A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons.

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Penance

Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession.

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Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.

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Rapping

Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".

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Rara music

Rara is a form of festival music that originated in Haiti that is used for street processions, typically during Easter Week.

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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West Indian Day Parade

The West Indian Day Parade Carnival is an annual celebration of West Indian culture, held annually on around the first Monday of September in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Zouk

Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s.

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2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.

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2015 Haiti Carnival stampede

On February 17, 2015, starting at around 2:48 AM, a stampede occurred during the traditional Mardi Gras parade on Champ de Mars in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Haitian Carnival and 2015 Haiti Carnival stampede are Carnivals in Haiti and events in Port-au-Prince.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Carnival

Also known as Carnival in Haiti, Haitian Defile Kanaval, Kanaval, Rara festival, Rara tradition.

Haitian Carnival, the Glossary

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See also

Carnivals in Haiti

Culture of Haiti

Events in Port-au-Prince

Folk festivals in Haiti

Haitian Vodou

Music festivals in Haiti

Parades in Haiti

References