It's Lundi Gras in Haiti - Kanaval in Gonaives

March 3, 2014 2:30 PM

The President has displayed a special interest in the event unlike his predecessors. The focus of the event is primarily on the historic city itself. 'Gonaives' is a city in the western Haiti, was originally an Indian village called Gonaibo, now a commercial centre, a port and natural harbor on the fertile Artibonite Plain where the French captured Haitian national revolutionary hero François Dominique Toussaint Louverture in 1802.

Carimi KANAVAL 2014 - ft Mikaben "Eklate"

The city again came to the limelight within a short period in 1804 when Jean-Jacques Dessalines announced Haiti's independence from France at the town's Place d'Armes on January 1, 1804. The most notable landmark of the city is the Musée du Centenaire, inaugurated in 1904 to commemorate country's first century of independence.

This is the third consecutive year that the National Carnival is not held in the capital city of Port-au Prince. In 2012, the event was held in Les Cayes and it was shifted to Cap-Haitien in 2013. As per Census estimate (2009) Gonaives is the third largest city after Les Cayes and Cap- Haitien.

Kreyòl La Kanaval 2014 - An Mouvman

The President has explained the purpose of holding the carnival through every major city; it is intended to demonstrate rich cultural heritage to the visitors of the country in a respectable way. However, the organization of the National Carnival under the present administration was criticized several times for censoring open political views of some popular artists.

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