Haitian Flag Day parade in Cap-Haïtien draws record crowds amid Arcahaie unrest

CAP-HAÏTIEN — Simply days earlier than the nationwide Haitian Flag Day parade, Cap-Haïtien’s city corridor launched a flurry of preparations, cleansing the streets, portray curbs, and constructing spectator stands. Marching bands may very well be heard rehearsing all through town within the week or two main as much as Could 18, filling the air with anticipation.

Many residents doubted Cap-Haïtien’s potential to host the flagship celebration, with some satisfied town would fall quick. The northern metropolis was tapped to host the nationwide parade after officers deemed Arcahaie, its conventional location, too harmful attributable to persistent gang violence within the Western Division.

However Cap-Haïtien delivered.

The town hosted an exhilarating Flag Day parade on Sunday, drawing bigger crowds than in recent times. Visitors floor to a halt as revelers flooded the streets, harking back to the grand celebrations of the early 2000s. Revelers, many draped in Haitian flags, lined either side of the parade route to observe fanfares and marching bands carry out between them.

The marching bands electrified the gang with the sound of their cheerful melody produced with drums, trumpets, trombones, and different devices. Majorettes danced alongside the music beneath the cheers of an animated crowd. 

Equally to the gang, the variety of marching bands additionally elevated considerably from earlier years. The band members sported elegant blue, pink, black and white costumes as they marched down the street.

Relive a number of the moments of Cap-Haïtien’s nationwide Haitian Flag Day parade in these pictures.

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