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28791: Morse (comment) Tourism and Culture (fwd)
_oloffsonram@aol.com_ (mailto:oloffsonram@aol.com)
Having a hotel and being in a band gives me an interesting perspective on
Haitian Tourism and Culture. Infrastructure is good for tourism and commerce.
These events attract locals, foreigners and Diaspora and reflect a profound
cultural heritage. The calendar is off the top of my head and is meant to
reflect a general pattern.
July 16 Saut d'Eau, Plateau Central
July 24 Fete St Jacques, La Pleine du Nord
July 26 Fete St Anne, Limonade
July 26 Fete St Anne Camp Perrin
August, second and third week, Soukri, outside Gonaives
August 15 Notre Dame. Cap Haitian, festivities, bands
August 15 Notre Dame, Gele, Aux Cayes, festivities, bands
August 22 Fete Immacule, Luly, festivities, bands
August 25 Fete St Louis, St Louis du Nord, festivities, bands
August 25 Fete St Louis, St Louis du Sud, festivities, bands
August 25 Fete St Louis Jeremie,festivities, bands
August 29 Fete St Rose, Leogane festivities, bands
July and August Summer vacation, Beach festivals
Oct 16 Marchand Dessalines, festivities, bands
November 1 & 2 All Saints day/ Day of the Dead, Festivities throughout the
country, throughout the month
Nov 30 St Andre, Leogane
Last week in December/First week in January, Vibrant club and band activity
December 24 Midnight Mass
December 31 New Years, Parties, bands
January 1 The beaches
Jan 21 Fete Alta Grace. Tours taken to the Dominican Republic
Sundays in January and February, Pre-Carnival celebrations most major towns,
especially Port-au-Prince and Jacmel
Week before Carnival; Jacmel, "National Carnival".
Carnival: Dimanche Gras, Lundi Gras, Mardi Gras. Huge parades Port-au-Prince
being the most "over the top"
Lent, Rara season towards the North and the South. Climaxes in Leogane on
Good Friday and the following Sunday.
End of Lent, Souvence, festivities, outside Gonaives
May 1 Agricultural Fair in Port-au-Prince, festivities in Jacmel
May 18, Archaie, Flag Day
RAM every Thursday Hotel Oloffson (with some exceptions)