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

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

Can’t tell your compas from your rara? Wondering what the difference is between the groups T-Vice and Top Vice? Are you dying to explore the world of Haitian music but don’t have the foggiest clue ...

NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted a “Women of Excellence” event Thursday night to kick off a celebration of culture and heritage. The kickoff event, honoring this year’s ...

From the bars of the capital Port-au-Prince to Haiti's most remote villages and its worldwide diaspora, people listen and dance to the sensual rhythms of compas. This musical source of pride among ...

UNESCO is set to add Haiti’s Compas music and dance to its Cultural Heritage List, recognising a style born in the 1950s that blends African and Caribbean influences and remains central to Haitian ...

It hasn’t been an easy few years for Haiti’s homegrown musical sound. Crisis in the Caribbean has kept artists from touring, COVID has dampened gatherings and ongoing immigration enforcement in the ...

This musical source of pride among Haitians -- known as konpa or kompa in Creole -- is expected to be added by UNESCO to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list on Wednesday. "Today, compas is the main ...