Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Rara Festival 2018, Marchand Dessalines in the L'Artibonite Department

photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved
Haiti’s most raucous and public music is rara.True folk music of the masses, a rara ( the term can refer to the music, the band or the entire event) can take place at any time of the year but is most typically associated with the run-up to Carnaval and the period between Lent and Easter. Paul Clammer