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Be in face to face contact with Haitian culture during the Kanaval

Haiti celebrates this festival with colorful grand parades of floats with elaborate costumes. There are musical competitions, cultural shows, and display of specific characters in the parades dedicated to the Carnival are some of the major highlights of this annual event. "Carnival" is pronounced as "Kan-a-val" by the Haitians. The day of 'Mardi Gras' is the day before the Ash Wednesday, and that is always 46 days before Easter. The final celebration is hosted grandly in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel and it is also celebrated to certain smaller scales in smaller Haitian provinces. Popular Haitian musicians release new albums specially created for the occasion. It is an opportunity for making political statements as well. The craftsmen from the art capital of Haiti or Jacmel prepare beautiful papier-mâché masks and costumes that represent religious or ghoulish creatures and often mocked political figures.

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