Rara Festivals in Haiti and New York: Related Media

Vodou, Power and Performance

The Music and Dance Of Rara
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Images

Rara Boys ++ high res	Three Lengths of Bambou Walking ++ high res	Rara colonel holds his whip ++ high res
Raramen play konet and bamboo ++ high res

Audio

"Notre Dame de 7 Doleurs."	"Mama'm sere zozo'm" (My Mother hid my dick).	"Kay Ile" (The house of Ile)	“Pa Gen Fanm Konfyans” (There Are No Trustworthy Women)
"M'ap Antre ak Tout Ko Divisyon Mwe, Osay O" (I Am Arriving With My Regiment, Ossagne Oh)	Guantanamo Rara Song	"Kalfou."	"Jan, men kouto" (Jean, here is your knife)
"Grose Bagay sa, Mwen Pa Kapab Anko` " (The Size of That Thing, I Can't Deal with It).	Instrumental from Rara Se Male	"Instrumental Isolations," Rara La Belle Fraicheur de l’Anglade.	"Kwiy Nan Men, M'ap Mande...al Roule Tete."

Video

	In this Rara in the mountains above Petionville, you can see a young Queen and two Kings dance the mazoun. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Women's dance solos. Each dancer improvises her own solo; these are dances energetic young people might do in Carnival or Rara. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Rara Ya Seizi in the Artibonite has a jam session in the morning before they set out to play. They're really grooving here! ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	RAM Rara show, in the mid 1990s. The troupe RAM gives a folkloric performance of Rara; here is their entrance onto the stage. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	The RAM dance troupe develops a choreography reminiscent of the French minuets of the colonial era. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Men's dance solos. These two have a great routine going. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Rara king and queen dance the mazoun together; see the footwork. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Rara konet players' fancy footwork. Really good horn players in a Rara will develop steps to along with their playing. You better believe this takes a lot of air and a good pair of lungs! ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth
	Rara dance footwork. RAM dancers do the mazoun, the fancy footwork that is the dance of Rara royalty. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth