New York City has made an annual celebration of honoring Haiti's signature musical genre by declaring July 26 as Haitian ...

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 ...

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

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 10 — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People in Port-au-Prince dance to compas, a modern merengue-style dance music from Haiti that is to be added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heitage list - Copyright ...