Haiti - Culture : Racine Mapou de Azor to the feasts of Saut d'Eau Haiti - FLASH : Online passport application very soon Haiti - Education : Introduction of the single book at the next school year Haiti - Martissant : A bus riddled with bullets between 6 and 12 injured passengers Haiti - Diaspora Covid-19 : Daily Bulletin #838 IciHaiti - 2022 Caribbean Games - JUDO : Marie Jean Gilles silver medal IciHaiti - PNH : Funeral of Divisional Inspector Robert Ménard Racine mapou de azor music driver# The group Racine Mapou, who recorded last month at Real Biz Studio of Ricky Juste, is latest album, "Minokan Azor" announced that his CD will be available at the patronal feast of Saut d'Eau, July 16 and on the radio, throughout the country on the same day. Saut d'Eau is the principal patronal feast of country where is celebrated Our Lady of Mount Carmel. On this occasion, the village of Ville Bonheur, located 65 km north of Port-au-Prince, receives nearly 200,000 visitors from neighboring departments, the capital and the diaspora. They come to honor the Virgin of Mount Carmel, Virgin of Miracles, who would have appeared there in July 1848.Īzor was very attached to the feasts of Saut d'Eau. Every year since its founding, the group Racine Mapou performed there for 5 consecutive nights, on the place called "Frontière" at the entrance of Ville Bonheur. Las Nietas de Nonó: “Posibles escenarios, Vol.In 2011, it is precisely the day of the Mount Carmel that Azor died after having performed his last show.įor the first time in 18 years, the patronal feast of Saut d'Eau, will be without Azor, but a special tribute will be given.Symposium on the Life and Work of Juan Bosch.Caiman Alligators Taking Over San Juan Bay Habitats.A Lovely Caribbean Centipede I was once Bitten By.Bad Bunny breaks attendance record at the Puerto Rico Coliseum.Reggaetón Producer Manolo Guatauba Slain in Puerto Rico.The white ex-naval officer who fathered Bob Marley was a British captain from Essex.His artistry, so prematurely lost, will be sadly missed. Azor’s own voice, now silenced, evoked the voice of the Vodou oungan or priest, and accompanied by a chorus of women’s voices, celebrated the Vodou spirits or lwa. Their music is marked by the tireless beat of the drums of petro inspiration. without modern arrangements or electric instruments. “Racine Mapou de Azor” plays traditional music or pure rasin, i.e. They aspire to maintain contact with the roots of their traditions and with the sacred mapou trees whose imposing roots are known for sheltering the spirits. His success with “Racine Mapou de Azor” contributed to the recognition of Vodou as an integral part of Haitian culture, and the acceptance of the African and rural part of Haitian identity.įrom this perspective, the members of the band, who are Vodou practioners, explicitly joined the traditions and symbolic universe of Vodou. With Wawa, Azor started to play Vodou music in concert, shifting it from the Vodou ounfò to the live stage. In his remarks today, Martelly praised the courage and talent of Lénord Fortuné and sent condolences to his family and all those who knew him, for whom his music was a ritual of reassurance.Īzor had been a member of several bands of konpa (SS One and Scorpio) and folklore (Bakoulou group), before joining “Racine Kanga de Wawa”. With the music of Vodou ceremonies as his foundation, Racine Mapou de Azor toured the world helping his audiences discover the value of the music of the lakous and its link to Haitian identity. The popular musician was one of the virtuosos of traditional music and a tireless ambassador of Haitian culture. Rasin Mapou performed in honor of their founder before the body left for the Pax Villa crematorium. Today, Azor’s body arrived on the Champ de Mars on a horse-drawn carriage, where the singer was posthumously decorated by Michel Martelly. Gracia Delva, the president of the Commission on Culture, Communication and Tourism, paid tribute to the artist in Parliament. Yesterday an artistic vigil in his honor was held at the Champ de Mars, from 6pm to midnight, drawing more than thirty artists. His national funeral is under way in Port-au-Prince, where a peristyle and platforms have been erected in front of the Museum of the National Pantheon, which will serve as a temple to give the last farewell to a man whose music has been described as embodying the soul of the nation. The singer, who had just performed at Saut d’Eau as part of the celebrations of the Feast of Mont Carmel, was taken to the hospital at Bernard Mevs, where he died during the night. Lénord Fortuné, Azor, singer and drummer for the band Racine Mapou de Azor passed away on July 16 at the young age of 46.
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