Haitian Rara Procession

Clip: 538037_1_1

Year Shot: 1935 (Estimated Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 11464

Original Film: 91-2610

HD: N/A

Location: Haiti, Caribbean

Timecode: 16:27:56 - 16:28:39

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Haitian Rara Procession - Library of Congress Field Documentation Several great shots of Afro-Haitian men, women & children participating in ceremonial / ritual / religious procession. They dance & play bamboo horn instruments as they move through thatched roof village, one woman carries an effigy. MCU people with the effigy. GV village showing woman shuffle dancing while children run around. Brilliant MSs of procession with man in lead blowing a whistle & parading with baton. MS four men in wide brim hats playing bamboo horns.