She has built a reputation dressing beauty and carnival queens in traditional Haitian costumes, including the former French colony’s version of the long cotton bandana skirt or quadrille dress ...

Sound trucks with towering speakers. Dancers in eye-catching outfits. Three days of rum-fueled, dusk-to-dawn debauchery. But Haiti’s Carnival was called off, replaced with an equal period of ...

The chars/floats carried the carnival queens dressed in beautiful floral outfits, along with popular ... The government of Haiti was prepared for the crowds. The police and security presence ...

Julie blogs about her experience of Carnival in Haiti and shows this picture with her comment [Fr]: J'aurais pû faire un zoom sur les magnifiques costumes mais il aurait été dommage de vous priver de ...

After the devastating January 12 earthquake, Haitians decided to forego Carnival in 2010. This year, it makes a comeback, and takes on a whole new meaning Women in carnival costumes perform in ...

“The costumes that are created and the kind ... a Voodoo spirit that is believed by many to have helped liberate Haiti from slavery. “The carnival is an important opportunity for me, ...

Haiti's three-day carnival festivities brought rum-fueled parties and colorful costumes to a southern city that's still recovering from last year's punishing Hurricane Matthew. Haitian revelers ...

Haitian revellers wearing costumes dance during the second day of 2015 National Carnival Parade in Port-au-Prince. Picture: AFP “I saw the wire falling and sparks and I started running for my ...

LES CAYES, Haiti – Haiti’s three-day Carnival festivities have brought rum-fueled parties, imaginative costumes and high-energy dance music to a southern city that’s still recovering from ...