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Rara music
Rara is a form of festival music that originated in Haiti that is used for street processions, typically during Easter Week. The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called vaksin,
References#
- McAlister, Elizabeth. Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Book on Rara in Haiti and New York City.
See also#
- Haitian Carnival
- Haitian Vodou drumming
- Rara tech
- Genre family
- Haitian styles of music