Fort-Liberté’s Ok-Navaval set a brand new commonplace for regional Carnival celebrations, drawing hundreds of thousands into the streets with dazzling costumes, pulsating rhythms, and an electrifying environment. From March 2–4, the festivities highlighted the town’s cultural dexterity and organizational prowess, proving that the Northeast area can stage a world-class occasion with out counting on Port-au-Prince.
FORT-LIBERTÉ—For 3 unforgettable days, Fort-Liberté reworked right into a vibrant canvas of sound and shade because it hosted its largest-ever carnival, rebranded this yr as Ok-Navaval. From March 2 to 4, hundreds of thousands flooded the streets to expertise a wide ranging show of handcrafted masks, towering floats, and energetic rara bands. Past the festive spectacle, the occasion carried a powerful message of social justice, addressing points like violence towards ladies and kids whereas selling sustainability and inclusion. With meticulous planning and sturdy safety measures guaranteeing a protected celebration, Mayor Louis Jacque Junior Etienne emphasised that this record-breaking carnival proves the Northeast area’s distinctive cultural power and unbiased spirit.
A show of images that seize the power, artistry, and spirit of the three-day carnival festivities in Fort-Liberté
The King and Queen of the Fort-Liberté’s 2025 Carnival have been featured on the third day of carnival festivities on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions. An outline of Jean-Jacques Dessalines on horseback, holding the Haitian bicolor, was featured as one of many Rochambeau group’s performances throughout Fort-Liberté’s Ok-Navaval 2025 carnival festivities on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions.
Two masqueraders deliver the legendary “Jambe de Bois” to life, honoring the standard Mardigras determine lengthy celebrated in Haiti throughout Fort-Liberté’s Ok-Navaval 2025 carnival festivities on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions. The Rochambeau group staging an old-time scene that includes a queen accompanied by her baby is secured by two slaves on the Fort-Liberté Mardi Gras parade on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions Fort-Liberté.The Rochambeau group displayed a time-honored custom of transporting folks and items to Fort-Liberté. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions A masquerader from the Rochambeau group, wearing a burlap handmade costume and carrying a domestically made handicraft decor, entertained the group in the course of the third day of the Fort-Liberté carnival festivities. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions. A reenactment of a scene with Catherine Flon stitching the Haitian bicolor flag on a donkey cart on the Fort-Liberté Mardi 20250304_172631.jpgGras parade on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions.
A younger girl sporting a straw hat puffs smoke from a cigar held between her lips, wearing a handi crafts costume on the Fort-Liberté Mardi Gras parade on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions, March 2, 2025. A Mardi Gras avenue performer donning a straw hat and conventional handicrafts entertained the group on the Fort-Liberté carnival parade on March 4, 2025. Photograph taken by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions.
Revelers have proven lots of creative creativity in the course of the Fort-Liberté carnival festivities, as seen on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions.
A gaggle in Fort-Liberté carried out a taboo “Levè dè mò,” Creole for “resurrect the useless” on March 2, 2025 in the course of the Fort-Liberté first-day carnival festivities. photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions.
The Rochambeau group staging an old-time scene that includes a queen accompanied by her baby is secured by two slaves on the Fort-Liberté Mardi Gras parade on March 4, 2025. Photograph by Edxon Francisque for The Haitian Occasions
