Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, has made UNESCO’s cultural ...

From the bars of the capital Port-au-Prince to Haiti's most remote villages and its worldwide diaspora, people listen and ...

In nightclubs across Haiti’s capital, people continue to gather cautiously to dance konpa, a traditional Haitian music and ...

Compas, Haiti's vibrant music genre, has been added to UNESCO's cultural heritage list. This honor highlights the genre's ...

UNESCO is set to add Haiti’s Compas music and dance to its Cultural Heritage List, recognising a style born in the 1950s that ...

The New York City Council approved a resolution establishing July 26 as Haitian Konpa Day, recognizing the genre’s deep ...

Afoutayi Haitian Dance performed at the Chateau Theatre on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in downtown Rochester. Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of the group, left, holds the graj above ...

Jean Appolon, of Jean Appolon Expressions, leads a group of Hopkins Academy students in a Haitian dance workshop as part of Haitian Multicultural Day last Friday. Mcebisi Xotyeni, a manager and dancer ...

PORTSMOUTH — For the first time ever, Rara music is coming to the Seacoast. In fact, when more than a dozen Haitian-American musicians arrive at 3S ArtSpace on Friday, April 4, it may be the first ...

“With Afoutayi and Haitian culture, what we like is to put the community together because it’s a form of language for us,” said Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of Afoutayi. Djenane ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: This weekend, a local arts educator is sharing two children's books she self-published in three languages, English, French, and Haitian ...

New York City has made an annual celebration of honoring Haiti's signature musical genre by declaring July 26 as Haitian ...