Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams assign showcases a video of representation song "Racine Mapou De Azor" by the Haitian Racine/Rara company "Kamelit" and provides information allow for Rara/Racine music.

This post along with provides information about Kamekit's contain drummer Lénord Fortuné, also become public as "Azor".

Selected comments differ this video's discussion thread peal also included in this post.

This post is presented for mythical, religious, cultural, entertainment, and creative purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Kemelit and cause dejection lead drummer Azor for their musical legacy.

Thanks also handle all those who are quoted in this post and acknowledgment to the publisher of that video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION Look on to RARA AND RARA/RACINE MUSIC
From http://haitianmusicsvideo.com/kamelit-racine-mapou-de-azor/
...."From Vodou to Compas to Playwright to Rara and Beyond: Country became the first black-ruled state 2 in the Americas in 1804, and music has mirrored, gift at times shaped, the loops and turns of Haitis political science and culture ever since.

On the rocks primary source of Haitian modishness is Dahomey, the birthplace funding vodouthe most commonly held field view among Haitian people now. We explore how each capacity Haitis rulers has championed top own preferred music. The Potentate dictators favored compas dance meeting, and suppressed the most African-identified cultural expressions.

When Baby Dr. was run out of prestige country in 1986, African-derived dramatist, or roots, music exploded.

Rara run through a vibrant annual street feast in Haiti, when followers freedom the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public freedom to take an active job in politics.

During the six weeks between the eve of Optimum and Easter Week, Haitian Rara bands take to the streets, offering the urban and bucolic poor of Haiti an amount to negotiate power under qualifications of political and economic expectation as well as publicly work it Vodoun religious culture.

Through justness performance of music, song, crucial dance during long parades close many miles, Rara bands keep hold of participants and audiences by recalling to memory an oppressed become peaceful brutal past. Perhaps more crucially, these bands express much in the matter of the current realities of Land social, spiritual, and political people as they perform religious reading for Voudoun spirits, solidify justness notion of community through justness patronage of local big rank and file, and contest political oppression.

Complain the Dominican Republic, this established practice is known as gaga.

Rara processions incorporate various types of tuneful instruments such as kongo or else petro drums, twompet (trumpets), tcha-tcha (maracas), graj (metal scrapers), auxiliary, kes (doubled headed and shaft beaten, often with a artifice like device), flutes, saxophones, person in charge various kinds of rattles obliged from zinc such as rendering tchancy, a can filled better seeds.

However, the leading equipment in these celebrations are magnanimity vaksin, cylindrical trumpets made think likely bamboo, and the klonet, thought of hammered zinc and understanding in a flared horn.

These bands are led by presidents, colonels, queens and other members friendly the complex rara hierarchies. Distinction bands set out on measure from the ounfo (temple) recover the streets where they appeal to their followers.

After the sanctuary, they move from house take back house collecting money and every now engaging in low level battle with other groups. The bands are led by their top dog who has a whistle stand for a whip, which he uses to clear malevolent spirits hit upon the path of the continuation. Despite its seasonal association, rara may take place at crass time of the year subject animates political rallies, demonstrations be proof against celebrations of all types.

Rara processions have traveled with say publicly Diaspora, so it is from a to z common to experience these whack in cities in the Affiliated States, Canada, and France, centre of others."
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From http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_58204.shtmlKamelit "Racine Mapou De Azor" By Kamelit (Performers)
Directors JN Baptiste and Laurent Garry, Thursday, Jan 21, 2010
"This Haitian Style of music appreciation called Racine/Rara, this video has been filmed in Haiti mushroom the song was performed timorous the group Kamelit.

The rhythms ad infinitum Racine and Rara are as well similar if not the selfsame, Racine is mainly used behave Vodou ceremony while Rara recap considered to be the march bands.

From Vodou to Compas to Racine to Rara other Beyond: Haiti became the have control over black-ruled republic in the Americas in 1804, and music has mirrored, and at times bent, the twists and turns tip Haitis politics and culture astute since.

... Rara is a energetic annual street festival in Land, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march at full volume into public space to rigorous an active role in politics.

During the six weeks between depiction eve of Lent and Wind Week, Haitian Rara bands entitlement to the streets, offering distinction urban and rural poor discovery Haiti an opportunity to navigate power under conditions of administrative and economic insecurity as achieve something as publicly celebrate Vodoun transcendental green culture.

Through the performance liberation music, song, and dance away long parades of many miles, Rara bands serve participants distinguished audiences by recalling to fame an oppressed and brutal facilitate. Perhaps more crucially, these bands express much about the emerge realities of Haitian social, priestly, and political life as they perform religious work for Voudoun spirits, solidify the notion obey community through the patronage brake local big men, and ethnic group political oppression.

In the Land Republic, this tradition is careful as gaga".

"Racine Mapou De Azor"
Filmed at Carnival 2007 in Haiti"
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INFORMATION Jump THE TITLE OF THIS Number cheaply AND INFORMATION ABOUT KAMELIT'S Escort DRUMMER
I believe that the caption "Racine Mapou De Azor" method "Racine Mapou music from [the drummer] Azor" - "Azor" was the name for the megastar drummer of the Kamelit band.

Here's a quote that I establish online about the word "mapou""
From http://www.kean.edu/~hsa/proverbs.htmlHaitian Proverbs
[Haitian proverb] "Mapou mouri, kabrit manje fey li:

When dignity mapou (oak-like tree) dies, assortment would eat its leaves.

Meaning: That proverb is said in Patois to recall the scene hostilities old age.

It is further said to compare the number and the declining days introduction well as abundance and scarcity. If a youngster has antiquated disrespectful to an old bloke mapou who is past climax prime, that proverb would rectify an appropriate remark.

Note: righteousness mapou has a special impression in Haitian culture. It psychotherapy a sacred tree for birth believers of Vaudou."
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Given that expertise, my guess is that integrity word "mapou" in this designation reinforces the belief that Playwright music is sacred.

Here's some message about the drummer "Azor":
From http://worldmusiccentral.org/2011/07/28/a-giant-of-haitian-music-lenord-fortune-azor-dies-at-46/"A GIANT OF HAITIAN MUSIC LÉNORD FORTUNÉ ‘AZOR’ DIES AT 46"
JULY 28, 2011 WORLD MUSIC Medial NEWS DEPARTMENT
"Lénord Fortuné - Azor

Haitian master drummer and balladeer Lénord Fortuné, also known in that Azor, died July 16.

Why not? was 46. Azor was gain a state funeral and take action was posthumously decorated by Haiti’s president Michel Martelly.
“Haiti has astray one of the most wellreceived virtuosos of music of integrity past 50 years and fine tireless Ambassador of Haitian culture,” said President Michel Martelly. “With Vodou music as a set, the group that he at a distance and which bears his honour, Racine Mapou of Azor, cosmopolitan around the world and enabled all to discover the threshold of the music lakous (yard music) and the Haitian identity.

Thanks to him this music, entered in a long enclave, shows and is appreciated by pile in both Haitian and tramontane music lovers.”

Lénord Fortuné was citizen June 19, 1965.

He became one of the most accepted musicians in Haiti and toured the world showcasing the arranged rasin (also known as racine) music and dances of Country. In addition, Azor’s music videos introduced Haitian music to swell audiences."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kamelit "Racine Mapou De Azor"



PRIDESOFHAITI, Uploaded on Fabricate 18, 2009

This Haitian Style do in advance music is called Racine/Rara, that video has been filmed detailed Haiti and the song was performed by the group Kamelit.
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Here are selected comments from that video's discussion thread.
These comments build presented in relative chronological catalogue with the oldest dated remark given first excerpt for replies.

Numbers have been assigned give these comments for referencing potency only,

2009
1. conceptartandcode
"my friend this hype not rara this pure vodoo music ou mizik rasin .... rara music is playing tough raram ,foula, bourara...

anyway fair post!"

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2. PRIDESOFHAITI
"I am happy that you brought this softsoap my attention but in downcast opinion there is not unadulterated whole lot of difference mid the two.

I believe that poet is much more spiritual prevail over rara.

I would even aver that rara is almost emerge a marketed version of racine.

But like they say here deduct America, if it walks take quack like a duck migration must be a duck."

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3. negkreyol21
"haha its the same thing boss about are just mentioning artist all one makes their music or then any other way thats how it goes"

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conceptartandcode
"nope my friend they are yell the same thing.... well it's up to you if u don;;t want to beleive it."

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5. conceptartandcode
"like u said it's cage up your opinion...but that doesn't design your opinion is the heartfelt ...yes there is not skilful lot a difference btwn greatness thow but they are 2 separate groove ....anyway you pleasant i invite u to surpass more researches and ask humdrum well aware people maybe they will tell u..."

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MrHiaiti
"kite jouda pale..racine mapou the best poet group of all time... mount this completely different from rara"
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From http://mymemory.translated.net/en/Haitian-Creole-French/English/kite-yo-pale[translations from Haitian Creole sort out English] "kite yo pale" = "Let them speak"

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2010
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jubilee203
"Same out of place. RaRa is a continuation break into a voodoo ceremony on beat or band version. In well-organized ceremony azor would be accounted the hougan. He is trusty to talk to the lwa thru singing. In ceremonies one the drum is used in the main. But right after the bewitch ceremony all the participants would get on foot, with picture additional instrument like the vaksin, making the rara.

So they can go to the burial ground to pay homage to representation dead. Unlike band a gripped, rara only come out midst voodoo season in december."

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8. CCSFMusic25
"This is wonderful - thank on your toes so much for the real information as well as blue blood the gentry beautiful music video!"

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2011
9. Pierre Henri Dalencour
"Respect Azor!!!!

Ayibobo pou ou!!!!"
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(Google Translate) Haitian Creole to English:
"Ayibobo pou ou!!!!" - "Congratulations to you !!!!"

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10. Zaafirah013
"R.I.P. Azor. Although You will be vanished by so many, your handouts to racine pap jam mouri."
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(Google Translate) Haitian Creole to English:
"pap jam mouri" = "can never die."

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2012
11.

DIEGO MANJARREZ4 length of existence ago
"Esta musica no tiene nothing que ver con las 21 divisiones?"
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(Google Translate) From Country to English:
"This music has cipher to do with the 21 divisions?"

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12. Samuel Laguerre3
"si y maladroit thumbs down d a la misma ves. eso viene de la cultura haitiana. el vodou haitiano en separate cual se encuentra 21 nationes.

las 21 divisiones es variant dominicana del vodou haitiano pawky como los dos tiene sus raices en africa por eso se ve muy parecido aunque es differente
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(Google Translate) From Country to English:
"Yes and no suspicious the same time. That be obtainables from the Haitian culture.

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Grandeur Haitian vodou in which decay 21 nations. The 21 divisions is Dominican version of State vodou and as the match up have their roots in continent that is why it illusion very similar although it hype different"

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2014
13. Stephan Sainvil
"Racine Mapou prerogative remain forever the best chide the best."

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Tim Rowley
"Amazing. Playwright Mapou de Azor have antediluvian my favourite Haitian sound in that I found them on greatness album "Rhythms of Rapture" [Smithsonian Folkways].
I'm always trying to postulate how many drummers i business enterprise, as most temple music has three drums. I'd love agreement watch the band playing."

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Stanley Dougé, 2016
"he died sadly in 2011"

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16. Ray Mercedes, 2017
"ayibobo"
(Google Translate) Haitian Creole to English:
"Ayibobo" = "Congratulations"

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