Labadee which is around 10 miles from and important Haitian landmark called Citadelle Laferriere. It is a Citadel or (Fortress) with a great deal of important Haitian history linked to it. Lionel Pressoir‚ a Haitian entrepreneur‚ has a vision to use this fortress as a tourist attraction by building a road that will allow Royal Caribbean customers to take an excursion from Labadee to the Citadel to visit and learn about an important part of Haitian history. According to Pressoir‚ if even a small percentage
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feet. She resumes the dance‚ moving differently now‚ and continues dancing for hours. It is perhaps no longer she who is dancing: She is in a trance‚ apparently possessed by voodoo spirits. Voodoo is the dominant religion of Haiti it is said that Haitians are seventy percent catholic‚ thirty percent protestant and one hundred percent voodoo. In April 2003 an executive decree by then president Jean-Bertrand Aristide sanctioned voodoo as an officially recognized religion. I personally think it should
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Even after the independence‚ the fear of being invaded by foreign forces remained in Haitians. After Toussaint L’ouverture’s captivation and death‚ Dessalines became the sole leader of the army of slaves. Although “French troops remain in the eastern part of Hispaniola and France is actively lobbying England‚ Spain and the United States to
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magic‚ devious sorcery‚ cannibalism‚ and harm. Although the Voodoo religion appears to the outsider as an illusion or falsehood‚ it has been an instrumental political force because it has helped the Haitians resist domination and form an identity of their own. Since the end of the 17th century‚ Haitian Voodoo has overcome every challenge it has been faced with and has endured. The religion is based on a polytheistic belief system and represents a significannot portion of Haiti’s 8.3 million people
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and you could tell how big their hearts were. In our group meeting I got to tell everyone a little bit about myself and my reasons for wanting to come out and volunteer. The staff explained to everyone through this progress‚ the goal is to show the Haitian people that God and church can help strengthen the villages and
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experience chronic undernutrition or stunted growth. Maternal mortality rate is 630 per 100‚000 live births.” (SITE) The life expectancy in Haiti is 61 years. Due to low vaccination rates‚ Haitians are at risk of spreading vaccine preventable diseases. Due to the high numbers of poverty‚ only about 50 percent of the haitian population has access to healthcare. Before the earthquake‚ “ only 63% of Haiti’s population had access to an improved drinking water source (e.g.‚ water from a well or pipe)‚ and only
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Some of the riches of the Caribbean depended on Europeans’ taste for sugar‚ which plantation owners traded for provisions from North America and manufactured goods from European countries. The island also had extensive coffee‚ cocoa‚ indigo‚ and cotton plantations‚ but these were smaller and less profitable than the wealthy sugar plantations. 1758‚ the white landowners began passing legislation restricting the rights of other groups of people until a rigid caste system was defined. Most historians
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Midterm February 22‚ 2013 Charles Ackley Enlightenment philosophes triggered a series of intellectual and social revolutions that shattered the Old Regime. These social revolutions include the American Revolution‚ The French Revolution‚ and the Haitian Revolution. The Enlightenment was a movement for general human rights‚ equal citizenship‚ and equal participation in government. At the time the world was ruled by kings and governments that lacked equality in the form of their citizens representation
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Sanctuary was located. The Sanctuary was beautifully and colorfully decorated with flowers‚ burning candles and incenses‚ Haitian artifacts‚ statues of Catholic saints‚ Vodou artwork on the walls‚ red thick pole in the center of the floor and drums on the side of the Alter. Ife and I were introduced to the approximately fifty people that were present and welcomed to the Le Peristyle Haitian Vodou
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more evident than in South Florida. The Cuban-American and Haitian-American communities have struggled to not only find their place in North American society‚ but to co-exist in harmony. Conflicts among these two people groups have been fueled by differences‚ as well as similarities‚ in family values‚ language‚ religion‚ and community life. “Ties between Florida and Cuba are much older than the arrival of the first Cuban immigrants fleeing Castro’s regime in 1959.” (Florida Dept of State‚ 1994
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