Rara music

Originating in Haiti, rara is a form of festival music used for street processions.

Associate Professor of Religion Elizabeth McAlister observes and analyses this phenomenon in Haiti culture in her book Rara!Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora (University of California Press, 2002).
She teaches in American Studies and African American Studies. McAlister has published Rara, numerous articles and book chapters and produced three compilations of Afro-Haitian religious music: Rhythms of Rapture (Smithsonian Folkways, 1995), Angels in the Mirror, and the CD Rara that accompanies her first book.

Here you'll find interesting and exciting photos and videos about rara.