But football continues to be the most dominating sport there. The influence of the United States had a lot to do with bringing basketball to Haiti. Over the last 50 years, basketball has become another popular sport in Haiti.
Sometimes you’ll see poor Haitians playing it on the streets or in some barren field where they can run around and enjoy themselves. Most Haitians play football with each other locally. The favorite sport amongst Haitians is football, which is really “soccer.” The European and Latin American influence on Haiti brought football to their culture. It is a Christian inspired celebration that includes music, singing, dancing, parades, nightly parties and all sorts of people demonstrating their talents on the streets. That is when they celebrate Carnival, which is the equivalent of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
You can expect to see a lot of dancing, gift exchanging, and other celebrations take place on that day.Īnother festive time for Haitians is in the beginning of February. It is the day when they declared their independence from the French. Haitians celebrate this day because it is also their Independence Day. The first festive time of the year is New Year’s Day. Arly Lariviere waving the Haitian Flag at the Haitian Compas Festival in Miami 2019 To reduce pain and suffering in life, the Vodouists light candles and incenses as a way to please the enraged spirits. The Yoruba people are a specific African ethnic group from western African countries, including Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. Vodouists believe and respect the deities and spirits called “Loa.” The spirits are looked upon as a combination of Yoruba gods and Catholic saints. They brought their religions with them and together, they combined into a unique type of religion called Haitian Vodou. Between the 16 th century and 19 th century, there were slaves in Haiti who originated from Central Africa and West Africa. It is described as an African diasporic religion, which means it is derived from several different African religions. But due to the influences of Europe and Latin America over the country, Haiti is predominately a Christian nation.Īside from Christianity, there is another popular religion called Vodou. There is an even smaller population of Hindus and Muslims in Haiti.
Approximately 80% of them identify as Roman Catholics, while 16% claim to be Protestants. Let’s explore the different elements of the Haitian culture and see if we can spot the similarities between it and these other cultural influences. The Africans and French went on to greatly influence the future of the Haitian culture, even after the African slaves got their freedom.Įverything from the Haitian language to Haitian music and religion has elements of African and French influence in them. The African slaves were force to work on the plantations and harvest crops for their masters. When the French colonists came to Hispaniola, they brought African slaves along with them. The Taino were the indigenous people who were originally on the island of Haiti, but they were killed off after Spanish explorers enslaved them and sickened them with European diseases. The French colonization of Haiti during the 17 th century had a significant impact on the future of the Haitian culture.įor one thing, there were no so-called “Haitians” on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola before the French colonists came along. If you look at the ancestral background of most Haitians, it includes Africans and Europeans. The Haitian culture is not an indigenous culture.
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