Comedy

This is one of the classics in Haiti Election. The famous slogan "Vote Pre Pou Loin ka vini" by Rene Preval.

When Jean-Bertrand Aristide became the President in 1991, hundreds of thousand Haitians believed him as a prophet. The former leftist priest made promise for a radical shake up of the political and judicial systems. He also promised that he would stop the U.S from sucking blood of the Haitian people. However, very soon his malpractices and corruptions came into light. Even the public treasury was pillaged. The Haitian people were shocked to learn that the former priest was an alleged father of six illegitimate children, with five different women. Aristide was Haiti's first democratically elected president and three times he held the President's office (7 February 1991 - 29 September 1991, 12 October 1994 - 7 February 1996 and 7 February 2001 - 29 February 2004) until he was ousted in a 2004 coup d'état for the second time after September 1991 and was forced into a seven-year exile to Central African Republic. René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was twice President of the Republic of Haiti (February 7, 1996 - February 7, 2001 and May 14, 2006 - May 14, 2011). In 1991, when Aristide was elected president, Préval became prime minister. Following the 1991 military coup, he fled into exile with Aristide. However, he later succeeded Aristide in 1996. As a President, Preval managed very modest achievements during his first term. His welfare projects targeting poor earned him the prefix "Ti" (Little) René. In 2001, Preval became Haiti's first elected president to leave office after a full term. During his second term as President, his most efforts were hampered by the rising cost of basic foodstuffs, deadlock in the legislature, and the deteriorating condition of law and order. As a President, he also encountered the devastating 2010 earthquake.

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One of Haiti's top comedians, Kako Bourjolly with a popular show Kako's Bingo Night, is one of the most popular Haitian actors on the comedy-club scene today.

He has been performing as a comedian for the last 20 years. He founded a comedy group troupe with three other comedians and in every public presentation, they performed at sold out.

By the time he had decided to devote all his time to comedy, Kako the demand for his presence at various show was in high gear

Kako Bourjolly admitted that the secret to his success in comedy is the amount of time he devotes in preparation. As he said in an interview recently, "you cannot expect to be consistently funny unless you put the time and effort into it.

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Here is a picture of Haitian Comedian, Se Joe.

According to Se Joe (born 1987), he occupies some more space in this world than as a comedian. He is a creator, a producer of entertainment and an educator. He calls himself 'the Haitian Eddie Murphy'. Collectively, he has more than 70,000 followers on his social media channels. He is a funny man with a mission to help Haiti. He was born in Brooklyn, but was raised in Haiti, because his mother wanted him to learn his true identity as a Haitian, as a black people and as a human being. He is more concerned about his own generation because people of other generations think and behave much differently. To maintain his creative flow, he sometime smokes marijuana and that's a fun for him too.

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Mwen pa repete tripotay se konsa koute Ak anpil atansyon.

Haitian society is often categorized with four basic parameters: economic, socio -occupational, education and political. It is a matriarchal society, although, the man has the ultimate control. A Haitian proverb says that "women are the central pillar of the family, of the community, and of the Haitian society in general. They comprise more than 75% of the informal work force, although their rights are often overlooked. In a family, the women are not only responsible for the children and the home; the economics seem to dictate them to earn a wage. Married women in Haiti were considered minors until 1979. 'Plasaj' is the most common marital relationship in lower-class communities, (although it is not legally accepted by the government). Under this relationship, the partners in a marriage enter into an agreement beforehand where the husband agrees to take responsibility to provide an earning and a house for the wife and the female partner agrees to undertake all household chores except the heavy ones. Several 'Plasaj' relationships are not uncommon and polygamy is accepted among males. Haitian society is no more stagnant as it was before. The country is continuously becoming urbanized. The weight of the past takes heavy toll on the daily lives of all Haitians. The country's legacy of slavery and colonization, corrupt leaders, tyrannical rulers, natural calamities all affect and have shaped Haitian society as it stands today.

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Ou wè "Dan" sa gin anpil enpòtans nan bouch yon moun. Se sa ki fè ou pa janm jwe ak "Dan"
- Lè ke yon moun pa gin DAN, li vin DEPANDAN
- Lè ke se yon sel grin DAN ou ginyin, Li vini youn CUREDAN
- Lè ke ou manke DAN, ou vin DEPANDAN
- Lè ke yon moun ap pèdi DAN de tan an tan, ou vin PERDAN
- Lè ou pa vle pèdi DAN, ou vin PRUDAN
- Lè ke ou ape tann DAN an pou pouse, ou vin yon ATANDAN
- Lè ke DAN ap fè'w mal, ou vi ANMERDAN
- Lè ke ou gin DAN ni an wo, ni anba, ou gin DERANDAN
- Lè ke ou gin tout DAN nam bouch ou, ou vini PEDAN
- Lè ke ou ape kontwòle DAN nan bouch moun, ou se yon COMMANDAN
- DAN an ta rache, AN ATANDAN ou ape tann li pouce ou se yon PRETENDAN

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Yon vye granmoun de 80 ane, manm Legliz, toudenkou genyen $1,000,000.00

Lòt manm legliz yo kwè que li dwe resevwa nouvèl la avèk prekosyon. Si li aprann toudenkou ke li nin yon milyonèr, Twòp pou kè li, li ka mouri.

Pastè a di: "Kite sa nan men m ' "Kote lajan an"? Li pran lajan an, li ale dam vye granmoun lan, li di: "Devine ki sa: ou genyen $ 1,000,000.00" (Li ap tann pou granmoun lan gen yon kè atak)

Vye granmoun nan di: "Nan laj mwen, pa gen anpil mwen kapab fè ak $1,000,000. Se poutèt sa, Mwen ap kite tout lajan an pou legliz la.

Pastè a te choke, li gen yon kriz kadyak e li mouri toudenkou

English:

An 80 year old Church member suddently wan $1,000,000.00. The other church members think that the news needs to be told easily because if she learned that suddently became a millionnaire, Too much for her heart,she might die. The pastor said:"leave that to me" "Where is the Money?" He took the money, went over to the old lady and said:
- "Guess what: YOU WAN $1,000,000.00"(expecting for her to have a Heart Attack)

In Return; The old Lady said:
- "At my age, there is not much I can do with $1,000,000. Therefore, I am leaving the entire $1,000.000 to the Church". The pastor was shocked, had a sudden heart attack and dies

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Here is a Haitian joke i received from a friend via facebook. I hope you will enjoy it

We receives some of these Haitian jokes from different sources and we think it is appropriate to share them with you. We are constantly in search of funny Haitian comedies, jokes to share with our viewers. If you know some interesting Haitian comedies, do not keep them for yourself. Send them to me via email. I will share them while attributing the appropriate credits to you

Haitians normally do not speak real Creole, they speak in broken French. For a long time, St. Lucian Creole has been called "broken French". Henry Breen, who was a colonial mayor of Castries in the mid-nineteenth century, assessed it a jargon formed from the French, and composed of words, or rather sounds, adapted to the organs of speech in the black population. Most of the Creole lexicon is derived from French, with significant changes in pronunciation and morphology. Haitians love their Creole proverbs and folktales told in Creole; they say that Creole jokes are just not as humorous when put into English. There is something about Creole that tends to make the speaker more animated and the hearer more comfortable. Harold Courlander once produced a nice compilation of Haitian jokes. Haiti has a oral, non-literate culture. Most of its wisdom is oral. It has a tradition of proverbs, jokes, riddles and stories which people have been telling around the evening fire for centuries.

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Mackenson Louis, the Haitian-American comedian/actor/writer migrated to the United States when he was just 8 years old. His surroundings and upbringing were the perfect breeding ground for his talent on comedy and writing. Mackenson Louis is the Owner and CEO of the fastest growing entertainment corporation "I'm Macken'Son Entertainment" founded in 2012. IME is currently shooting "Comedy Joy Ride"--a stylish, witty diverse comedy sketch with energy of Saturday Night Live. This sketch/standup comedy tour and television pilot will appear on October 10 at the Kinanm Lounge (856 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn). He will bring his Stand up to Stage 72 (formerly known as The Triad Theater) in Manhattan beginning on Sunday, October 12th at 7:00 pm. Admission is $10.00 for each performance. He is the writer of all sketches and they are directed by his brother Donald Louis. Presently, Louis is the hottest comedians and impressionist in America; he loves to create and produce quality content for television and the Internet as he loves to find and nurture talents.

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The Rich Cultural History of Haitian Music

Haitian music takes a variety of forms, from Voodoo-inspired Rara, to acoustic Twoubadou, roots-based Mizik Rasin, and the ever-popular Compás, a Dominican-inspired meringue, which has evolved with the times and cross-pollinating influences. Nemours Jean Baptiste created Kompa Direct in the 50s, which led to the Mini-Jazz movement of the 60s.

American rap has taken hold in Haiti, with a local, burgeoning hip-hop culture gaining popularity with the younger generation. Haiti's biggest hip-hop export is world-renowned Wyclef Jean.

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Here is a picture of a funny face describing Haitan Comedy. This photo is used to describe comedy events

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