Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Percussive and mystical 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 from Léogane, Haiti (musicians not credited). Heavy!
From the LP 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘋'𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪 (Macaya, Haiti)
In Haiti, 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 is celebrated to commemorate part of the slave revolution that led to independence. At the time when it started, slaves were not allowed to travel or communicate between plantations. They were allowed to leave the plantation only to go to church for Easter. It was the one time each year where mixing, even in chains, was allowed. The African people of different tribes used both speech and music to communicate. Beating drums were used as a common rudimentary universal language. Stripped of that tool, the African slaves used the sound of their feet marching to church to make rhythm and communicate between chains. These minute and terse communications played a part in planning the many revolutions and led to an eventual independence.
During 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 Haitians dance and march in the street while the band plays. Each band has their own rhythm that defines them even while marching in the dark. It is a celebration of the now but also a remembrance of the ancestors who made it so.
#rara #haiti #caribbeangrooves #ladansecosmique #mystical
Percussive and mystical 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 from Léogane, Haiti (musicians not credited). Heavy!
From the LP 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘋'𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪 (Macaya, Haiti)
In Haiti, 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 is celebrated to commemorate part of the slave revolution that led to independence. At the time when it started, slaves were not allowed to travel or communicate between plantations. They were allowed to leave the plantation only to go to church for Easter. It was the one time each year where mixing, even in chains, was allowed. The African people of different tribes used both speech and music to communicate. Beating drums were used as a common rudimentary universal language. Stripped of that tool, the African slaves used the sound of their feet marching to church to make rhythm and communicate between chains. These minute and terse communications played a part in planning the many revolutions and led to an eventual independence.
During 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢 Haitians dance and march in the street while the band plays. Each band has their own rhythm that defines them even while marching in the dark. It is a celebration of the now but also a remembrance of the ancestors who made it so.
#rara #haiti #caribbeangrooves #ladansecosmique #mystical
