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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, a competition was held for a national anthem in 1903.The poetic words of Justin Lhérisson and martial composition of Nicolas Geffrard won over the judges, [5] who preferred it to "L'Artibonitienne" by Capois diplomat Louis Edouard Pouget.
The anthem was originally a poem written by Oswald Durand. [1] In 1893, a visiting German warship set course to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to stopover and by protocol that required that a national anthem be performed. At the time, Haiti did not have an anthem, so the composer Occide Jeanty offered to compose music to the patriotic ...
Nicolas Fénélon Geffrard (1871 – 1930) was a Haitian musician best known for composing "La Dessalinienne", the Haitian national anthem. The piece was adopted in 1904 to celebrate one hundred years of Haitian independence. He spent part of his career working in Europe. Geffrard was a nephew of the general Nicolas Geffrard. [1]
It represents the pride Haitian people feel for their country and culture. Within the Haitian community, at home and abroad, it is widely considered as a second national anthem to La Dessalinienne and the song has recorded several different versions. Haiti did not have recorded music until 1937 when Jazz Guignard was
National Bird Hispaniolan Trogan [1] [2] National Anthem La Dessalinienne [1] [2] National Mottos Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité", "L'union fait la force" [3] [2] National Floral Emblem Hibiscus [1] [4] National Tree Royal Palm [5] [6] [7] National Sport Soccer [2] National Dish Diri ak jon jon, griot National Beverage Rhum, Kleren Founding ...
Haitian artist Paul Beaubrun, right, closes out Haiti’s Pap Jazz Festival in January 2023 in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. Beaubrun’s parents are members of the Grammy-nominated band ...
An inmate waves at the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight.
A Haiti National Police officer looks out over traffic at a police checkpoint on June 23, 2022, in Tabarre, where recent gang flare-ups have sent panic through the population. Haitian police say ...