As a former French colony, Haiti inherited the European celebration called Carnaval, which emerged in medieval times as a period of excessive indulgence before the abstinence of Lent. Coming in the dead of winter as a harbinger of spring, Carnaval celebrates eating, drinking, dressing in costume, and all forms of transformation, transgression, playful obscenity and humor. (including political humor, piking fun at the church and state and the heirarchy of social relations)
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There is only a single track in this FREE download. Not worth the hassle.
ReplyDeleteYeah, pretty weak to put in an email squeeze and flash widget rather than just a link. Can you say PR scam?
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