" Bois Caïman was followed by 13 years of revolution that culminated in Haitian independence. But after liberation, the ...

Vodou is Haiti’s ancestral spiritual tradition, developed by enslaved Africans and shaped by a mixture of African religions ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Vodun as a Religious System and Way of Life -- 3. The Music of the Rada Rite -- 4. Drums, Drummers, and Oungenikon in Haitian Rada -- 5. The Music of the Rada Battery -- 6. The ...

Haitians across South Florida will honor native tradition and spirituality as they celebrate through music and dance the island nation’s annual Fèt Gede — Festival of the Dead — which is Haiti’s ...

Haiti has long been beset with grave problems - and a few years after the 2004 Festival it would suffer the devastating earthquake of 2010. But Haitians' love of freedom nevertheless inspires them and ...