22348: Port Haiti: ::: The Republic of Haiti at the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Port Haiti <port-haiti@intermediahaiti.com>


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Haiti 2004 :
Freedom and Creativity
from the Mountains...
to the Sea
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June 23-27 and June 30-July 4
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The Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States, will
feature the Republic of Haiti at the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Now in its 38th year, this annual free event attracts more than one million
visitors.

Visitors will learn about the rich diverse cultural heritage that belongs
to modern Haiti. The Festival takes place on the National Mall between the
Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol, surrounded by the museums of the
Smithsonian. The Festival highlights community-based cultural traditions
and has featured more than seventy nations and many of the states and
territories of the United States.

In 1804, Haiti became the second nation in the Americas - the first after
the United States - to achieve independence from colonial rule as a
republic.  The struggle for freedom was motivated by a desire to overturn
brutal enslavement and was inspired by the ideas of the French and American
revolutions that had preceded it.  The Festival celebrates this achievement
and the continual effort by the Haitian people over the past two centuries
to realize their dreams of freedom through their remarkable cultural
creativity while overcoming tremendous obstacles.

A number of events are planned to highlight this achievement including the
Festival exhibitions, books, symposia, film series and lectures in Haiti,
the United States, and other nations.

For more information please visit our website at:
http://www.haitianlifestyle.com

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Folklife Festival" is brought to you by:

Port Haiti
http://www.port-haiti.com
The Internet Information Port dedicated to Haiti and to the Haitian People

InterMedia
http://www.intermediahaiti.com
The Internet Communications Network of Haiti

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