Monday, Neil Latortue the Mayor of Gonaïves, confirmed that the meeting that was to take place with the Carnival Committee https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27010-haiti-news-zapping.html in order to make a final decision on the holding or not of the National Carnival 2019 in the city of Gonaïves had not taken place.

Scheduled to take place from March 3 to 5 in the city of independence, the Carnival includes a lot of innovation and creativity. The Haitian artist Érol Josué, artistic director of the organizing committee of the National Carnival, also Hougan and Director General of the National Bureau of Ethnology (BNE), in developing his concept of the artistic parade, intends to promote the Creole language, the integration, the intangible and material heritage of Artibonite, as well as the ancestral traditions of Africa and the Amazonian civilization. He also wants to include in the parade, traditional groups of Artibonite of holy places of voodoo (Lakou) of Gonaïves https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26879-haiti-carnival-national-2019-an-artistic-parade-that-promises-to-be-very-innovative.html

Recall that due to the socio-political crisis several mayors have decided to suspend the festivities because of the impossibility of ensuring the safety of artists and festival-goers. The Mayor of Port-au-Prince https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26999-haiti-flash-port-au-prince-cancels-its-carnival.html and that of Croix-des-Bouquets https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26994-haiti-flash-mayor-colin-announces-the-cancellation-of-carnival-2019-of-croix-des-bouquets.html have officially canceled their carnival, the decision for the Carnival of Cap Haitien is expected in the coming hours https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27034-icihaiti-cap-haitien-consultations-on-the-holding-or-not-of-carnival-2019.html and so far, only the city of Jacmel, has performed a carnival amputated of 2 days of festivities https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27004-haiti-social-d-2-the-carnival-of-jacmel-will-take-place.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-27010-haiti-actualite-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26999-haiti-flash-port-au-prince-cancels-its-carnival.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26994-haiti-flash-mayor-colin-announces-the-cancellation-of-carnival-2019-of-croix-des-bouquets.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27034-icihaiti-cap-haitien-consultations-on-the-holding-or-not-of-carnival-2019.html

HL/ HaitiLibre