From juggling machetes to placing hearth of their mouths, relive Sikannou circus performers’ most harmful moments from the primary version of the present in these pictures.
CAP-HAÏTIEN — Davideson Desamours, a circus performer sporting a vibrant yellow shirt, juggled three machetes in the midst of a circle of about 100 individuals with eyes fixated on him. Desamours threw the machetes from behind his again, then below his leg. Kids and adults’ eyes opened extensive as he carried out at Place d’Armes in Cap-Haïtien on April 19.
Desamours later sat on one of many machetes and rested one other one on the highest of his head. At that time, the group applauded with depth. That cheer was testomony that World Circus Day actually didn’t go unnoticed in Cap-Haïtien.
Bouyon Atizay (Artwork Soup), a bunch of faculty college students, organized the present to rejoice World Circus Day, which fell on April 18. It was the primary version of Sikannou, creole for Our Circus, and it had the theme of “Life is a threat animated by hearth.”
Along with juggling machetes, performers juggled lit torches, blew hearth, rode unicycles whereas carrying lit torches amongst different stunts. Relive the fun of Circus Day in Cap-Haïtien on this sequence of pictures.
Ericson Germéus, a circus performer who additionally goes by Smoky G, inserted a string in his nostril then pulled it from the within of his mouth. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian InstancesDavideson Desamours, a circus performer with 14 years of expertise, juggling three machetes at Place d’Armes in Cap-Haïtien on April 19, 2026. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Ericson ‘Smoky G’ Germéus juggles whereas sitting on Davideson Desamours’s shoulders who’s using a unicycle. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Comic Pè Antoine, Creole for Father Antoine, makes an attempt to climb on high of the shoulders of Micken ‘Poet Funeste’ Jeanite to imitate the stunt. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Pè Antoine [left] and Micken Jeanite [right] stand subsequent to one another throughout the finish of the present. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances A performer pretends to get burned after trying to place a lit torch in his mouth. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours carries a lit torch below his nostril whereas holding two different ones. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours placing hearth from a torch in his mouth. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Pè Antoine raises his arm within the air. The comic wore a grey gown shirt and got here to the present along with his pipe. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Poet Funeste additionally got here to Bouyon Atizay’s first circus present in his Sunday greatest apparel. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours juggle three lit torches. Attendees watch him in awe. One man holds his cellphone as much as file Desamours. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Ericson ‘Smoky G’ Germéus [left] juggles with Davideson Desamours [right]. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours appears to be like down as he holds three machetes. Attendees watch him in awe, some smile whereas others maintain their telephones as much as file him. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours smiles after his final efficiency throughout Sikannou at Place d’Armes in Cap-Haïtien on April 19, 2026. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances Davideson Desamours holding a torch after lighting it up with gasoline. Picture by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Instances
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