PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – At least 20 people were killed during a Carnival parade in Haiti’s capital early Tuesday when a music group’s float hit a low-hanging power line, causing them to be ...

WXPN is bringing the excitement of Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras to Philadelphia this month, as part of their year-long project exploring Haiti's influence on New Orleans. “Kanaval Ball will bring ...

Every year during Carnival — Kanaval in Haitian Creole — Haitian radio is filled with new songs made specifically for the season. The new music is celebratory and upbeat and often pointedly references ...

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Music is a form of prayer in New Orleans and across the sea in Haiti. It connects the living and the dead, the present with the past. Every year, in February and March, people all over the western ...

No one knows what it will look like or sound like or feel like. But on Tuesday, a new carnival crew in New Orleans promises to be a spectacular debut. The Krewe Du Kanaval is a joint effort between ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE/MIAMI (Reuters) - As the carnival music star "Sweet Micky", Haiti's shaven-headed Michel Martelly captivated audiences with an engaging style, provocative on-stage antics and satirical ...

Haiti has long been beset with grave problems - and a few years after the 2004 Festival it would suffer the devastating earthquake of 2010. But Haitians' love of freedom nevertheless inspires them and ...