Bertrand Blier is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
Dutty Boukman was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution, enslaved in Jamaica and later in Haiti. He is considered to have been both a leader of maroons and vodou hougan (priest).
Bois Caïman is the site of the Vodou ceremony during which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned. On the night of August 14, 1791, representative slaves from nearby plantations gathered to participate in a secret ceremony conducted in the woods by nearby Le Cap in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Presided over by Dutty Boukman, a prominent slave leader and Vodou priest, the ceremony served as both a religious ritual and strategic meeting as conspirators met and planned a revolt against the ruling white planters of the colony's wealthy Northern Plain.
Moquette, derived from the French word for carpet, is a type of woven pile fabric in which cut or uncut threads form a short dense cut or loop pile. As well as giving it a distinctive velvet-like feel, the pile construction is particularly durable, and ideally suited to applications such as public transport. Its upright fibres form a flexible, non-rigid surface, which are constantly displaced to give durability and anti-stain benefits. Traditional moquette fabrics are made from a wool nylon face with an interwoven cotton backing.
Haitian Vodou is a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. Practitioners are called "vodouists" or "servants of the spirits".
Croix-des-Bouquets is a commune in the Ouest department of Haiti. It is located 12.9 kilometers (8.0 mi) to the northeast of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince. Originally located on the shore, it was relocated inland after the 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake. Due to this fact, it was not as badly affected in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The city will be home to refugee tent villages of about 10,000 refugees each when the first wave of refugees begins to be resettled there.
Arcahaie is a commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 130,306 inhabitants.
Cornillon is a commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. It has 54,254 inhabitants.
Les Irois is a commune in the Anse-d'Hainault Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse department of Haiti.
Carice is a commune in the Vallières Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It has 10,180 inhabitants.
Mombin-Crochu is a commune in the Vallières Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It has 25,113 inhabitants.
Mont-Organisé is a commune in the Ouanaminthe Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It has 17,189 inhabitants.
Chardonnières is a commune in the Chardonnières Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. Chardonnière is the largest producer of grapes in Haiti. A Festival of the Grape is annually held.
Sainte-Suzanne is a commune in the Trou-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It has 21,617 inhabitants.
Fabrice Rouzier is a Haitian pianist, producer, and entrepreneur who has been in the Haitian music industry for more than 20 years.
William DuBois was an American playwright, novelist and longtime editor of The New York Times Book Review.
The communal section is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 145 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections.
Grand Bois National Park is a national park in Haiti that was established on September 23, 2015 by Haitian president, Michel Martelly. The park is located in southwest Haiti, northwest of Les Anglais in the Sud department. Morne Grand Bois is an isolated bowl-shaped mountain with remnant original (primary) rainforest. Its highest peak is 1262 meters in elevation.
Bois Verna is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It has one of the largest concentration of the historic Haitian gingerbread style houses present.
