Joyful performances and vibrant pride fill Cap-Haïtien’s Identity Festival | PHOTOS – The Haitian Times Joyful performances and vibrant pride fill Cap-Haïtien’s Identity Festival
By way of breathtaking performances, younger adults and youngsters showcased Haiti’s cultural heritage on the second version of the Pageant de l’Identité at Saint-Joseph Excessive Faculty in Cap-Haïtien on March 22. The occasion featured music, songs, dance, poetry, colourful costumes and a deep connection to Haitian roots. The Haitian Instances presents a show of photographs and movies from the occasion.
CAP-HAÏTIEN, Haiti — Loud cheers and applause echoed by way of the partitions of Saint-Joseph Excessive Faculty and spilled onto Road L on March 22. What triggered the eruption? A wide ranging celebration of Haiti’s tradition.
The second version of Pageant de L’Identité — a cultural showcase honoring Haiti’s heritage — was held at Saint-Joseph Excessive Faculty, that includes conventional dances, songs in Creole, poetry and extra. Performers wore blue, purple and gold folkloric costumes, with some adorned within the Haitian flag.
A whole lot of attendees, younger and outdated, linked with their roots as they watched the colourful shows of tradition at Pageant de L’Identité, French for “Identification Pageant.”
Relive the second version of Pageant de L’Identité by way of a sequence of pictures and movies.
Two performers stand throughout a vogue present. One among them [left] is carrying purple and blue pants and the opposite [right] a gold prime and black pants on the Identification Pageant in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.A mannequin sporting Haiti’s flag from head to toe walks hand-in-hand with a person in a gold prime and black pants in the course of the second version of the Identification Pageant in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.A younger girl smiling in the course of the second version of the Identification Pageant at Saint-Joseph Excessive Faculty in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances. A poet recites his verses on stage on the Identification Pageant in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.A younger girl singing on stage on the Identification Pageant at Saint-Joseph Excessive Faculty in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.A younger mannequin and singer in the course of the Identification Pageant in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.Sergilus Docteur, one of many organizers of the Identification Pageant on stage in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances. A younger lady lies on the bottom with the Haitian flag, earlier than rising once more in the course of the second version of the Identification Pageant in Cap-Haïtien on March 22, 2025. Photograph by Stevenson Pierre Joseph for The Haitian Instances.