haitian rara

The Haitian rara music has become truely international. Due to its popularity, efforts have been made to make it even more popular by teaching the young Haitian the Rara music.

'Rara music' is one form of traditional Haitian festival music that takes place throughout the Easter Week and is performed mainly in street processions. Its songs are sung in Kreyòl that speaks about the African ancestry of the Afro-Haïtian masses and it blends the Voodoo and Christian influences with rhythms. To preserve this form of traditional culture, Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami has created 'Rara Institute' where the teens can learn to make and play traditional Rara instruments in a formal classroom setting. Rara musical instruments generally consist of a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called vaksen (sometimes made of metal pipes), güiros or güiras (a percussion instrument), maracas, drums, and metal bells. Their summer workshop that culminated with the Haitian Heritage Festival in May 2015 is the start of a long-term program to incorporate Rara and other traditional Haitian music.

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Here is a picture of the famous Haitian musical band Rara Lakay in little Haiti Miami Florida.

Big Night in Little Haiti is held every third Friday of each month. November's theme was Haitian Roots, part of an eight-day festival, the 31st Miami Book Fair International, hosted by Miami-Dade College's Center for Writing and Literature.

BNLH introduced Lakou Mizik to American audiences. The concert was a pastiche of music styles, influential musicians, and timely social issues, but also traditional music, reinvented for today's audiences. Lakou Mizik has recording spaces in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel.

Rara Music Embodies the Haitian Spirit

Rara, the latest genre of Haitian music, is an electronic dance music format. It is percussion-based using petwo drum rhythms from Africa. Tin horns and cylindrical bamboo trumpets round out the Rara sound.

A popular Rara group called Rara Lakay leads dancers through Little Miami streets during Lent. Other times they hold private events at homes.

The lively Rara sound emerged in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, symbolic of the resiliency of the Haitian spirit.

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Here is the picture of a famous Haitian rara band performing at Champs-Elysees France. This rara band was performing in the most famous street in France and it was at the occasion of the Carnaval Tropical de Paris. it is a sign that the Haitian rara has been all over the world and it is one of the most recognized aspect of the Haitian culture

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Here is an idea that is likely lo work in the Cholera fight in Haiti. UNICEF is using the Haitian Rara to inform the Haitians on preventive methods to prevent cholera of treat it once affected. The International organization recently organized an event with other organizations and government agencies to develop new methods in fighting the cholera epidemic in Haiti. UNICEF provided relevant information to several Haitia Rara groups on the prevention and treatment of Cholera. It is hoping the Haitian Rara bands will be able to reach the Haitian population in some of the most remote areas of Haiti.

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Here is a picture of a haitian Rara band performing in the streets of New York. During the easter season, you can expect to see many rara bands in Haiti and every where there is a large group of Haitians. This style of music has been recognized in many countries in the world

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