UN recognizes compas, a Haitian music and dance genre that has marked generations and brought joy

Dupuy noted that UNESCO already has recognized Haiti’s famed joumou, or pumpkin soup, along with cassava, and that the ...
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For a decade, ‘Sounds of Little Haiti’ spotlights Haitian music in Miami

For the past ten years, a courtyard in Little Haiti has served as a steady stage where Haitian music and community life meet. “Sounds of Little Haiti,” held at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex every ...

Soup, cassava, now konpa: Haitian music makes UNESCO 'cultural heritage' list

But on Wednesday, both the sound known as konpa or konpa direk - and the country where the rhythm was born 70 years ago - got some good news: The music was inscribed in UNESCO's coveted list of ...