Haiti Carnival 2014 in 7 Photos

By: - March 5th, 2014
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If carnival is an art, Haiti is one of the great masters. In the last few years, the annual fete has been held in a different city each year, and this year’s edition came to Gonaives in northern Haiti. Take our Caribbean Carnival tour through the sights of Haiti’s City of Independence.

Gonaives, which has a population of more than 300,000, is one of the cradles of Haitian history, the birthplace of its independence.


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