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fiogf49gjkf0d EVENTS 2002
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JAN : 01 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
02 - ANCESTOR'S DAY CELEBRATIONS- DANCES ARE DONE TO
HONOR THE ANCESTORS, NATION WIDE
06 - TIRER GATEAU (LES ROIS)
NO DATE - CASSE GATEAU FESTIVAL, VOUDUN
FEB : 12-18 - CARNIVAL WEEK OF HAITI- HAITI'S TOP BANDS LOAD UP
FLOATS WITH MASSIVE SOUND SYSTEMS & CRUISE,
STREETS THAT ARE PACKED WITH PEOPLE DANCING,
SINGING AND BLOWING OFF STEAM
NO DATE - NORRITURE RITUELLE DES SOURCES TET D' L'EAU
MAY : 18 - FLAG DAY CELEBRATIONS
22 - SOVEREIGNTY DAY CELEBRATIONS
25-31 - 'RURAL CARNIVAL'- THE WEEK LEADING UP TO EASTER,
ROADS ALL OVER HAITI SWELL WITH BANDS OF REVELERS
PERCUSSIONISTS & MUSIC OF BAMBOO-&-TIN TRUMPETS.
NO DATE - ST JOSEPH EXPRESSION DE LA JURIDICTION LEGBA
JUL : 16 - SAUT D'EAU FESTIVAL, VILLAGE OF VILLE-BONHEUR
WHEN PILGRIMS TAKE BATH IN THE SACRED WATERFALL
& VISIT TO THE CHURCH WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY
ALLEGEDLY APPEARED IN 1884
25 - FEAST OF ST JAMES, ASSOCIATED WITH THE VOODOO
SPIRIT OGOU FERRAILLE
26 - FEAST OF ST ANNE, LIMONADE
NOV : 01-02 - GEDE, OR FETDEMO FESTIVAL- PEOPLE PILE INTO THE
CEMETERIES TO POUR LIBATIONS FOR BARON SAMEDI
AROUND CROSSES FESTOONED WITH CANDLES, SKULLS
AND MARIGOLDS
02 - FETE GUEDE (ALL SOULS) DAY CELEBRATIONS
NO DATE - MANGE YAM (FETE DE LA MOISSON)
DEC : 05 - DISCOVERY DAY CELEBRATIONS
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EVENTS 2001
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JAN : 02-04 - CASSE GATEAU FESTIVAL, VOUDUN
06 - TIRER GATEAU (LES ROIS)
FEB : 07 - PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN HAITI
25 - NORRITURE RITUELLE DES SOURCES TET D' L'EAU
27-05MAR- CARNIVAL WEEK OF HAITI
MAR : 14-25 - TRIP TO HAITI
19 - ST JOSEPH EXPRESSION DE LA JURIDICTION LEGBA
20 - LEGBA ZAOU FESTIVAL
MAY : 20-21 - SIMBI BLANC
29-31 - OAS/CARICOM MISSION TO HAITI
NO DATE - FLAG DAY
NO DATE - SOVEREIGN DAY
JUL : 15-16 - SAUT D'EAU VODOU PILGRIMAGE
25 - PAPA OGOU (ST JACQUES LE MAJEUR)
26 - GRAN'DELAI ET GRAN'ALOUMANDIA (SAINTE ANNE)
29 - MAITRESSE SILVERINE
SEP : 25 - ROI WANGOL, MOUSINDI
29 - MANMAN ALOUMANDIA
30 - MAITRESSE DELAI
OCT : NO DATE - DESSALINES DAY
NOV : 02 - FETE GUEDE (ALL SOULS)
25 - MANGE YAM (FETE DE LA MOISSON)
DEC : 05 - DISCOVERY DAY CELEBRATIONS
10 - GANGA - BOIS
12-13 - AGOUE - ARROYO (MANGE LA MER)
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