Also known as: Rara, Haitian rara
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Rara is the Haitian Lenten processional tradition in which bands move through roads, neighborhoods, and ritual sites from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week with instruments, salutes, coded songs, and military hierarchy. In the vault, it matters because it joins Vodou, music, patronage, and political speech in one durable public form.
Francois Duvalier
Anti Superstition Campaigns
Haitian Diaspora
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