Dupuy noted that UNESCO already has recognized Haiti’s famed joumou, or pumpkin soup, along with cassava, and that the ...

From the bars of the capital Port-au-Prince to Haiti's most remote villages and its worldwide diaspora, people listen and ...

Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, has made UNESCO’s cultural heritage list ...

Compas, Haiti's vibrant music genre, has been added to UNESCO's cultural heritage list. This honor highlights the genre's ...

New York City has made an annual celebration of honoring Haiti's signature musical genre by declaring July 26 as Haitian ...

Three years after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, it’s easy to look to the island nation and wonder, what has been done, what has improved, is there rebirth? It can be a dark gaze — so much to be done. But ...

Dance has gotten Jean Appolon through hard times. The dancer and choreographer’s father was killed in violence surrounding the 1991 coup d’etat of democratically elected Haitian President ...

Jean Appolon, of Jean Appolon Expressions, leads a group of Hopkins Academy students in a Haitian dance workshop as part of Haitian Multicultural Day last Friday. Mcebisi Xotyeni, a manager and dancer ...

PORTSMOUTH — Dozens of Seacoast residents who support a school in Haiti come out once a year to dance, drink and celebrate the progress they have seen at the Eben Ezer School since they first got ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - When an earthquake shook Haiti's capital in January 2010, bringing death and destruction to the impoverished Caribbean nation, it all but crushed the dreams of modern dance ...

Washington, D.C. — Embassy of Haiti Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 Hosted in partnership with the Association of Haitian Professionals ...

The New York City Council approved a resolution establishing July 26 as Haitian Konpa Day, recognizing the genre’s deep ...