After the Quake: Photo Gallery

Blog May 17, 2013

To research "After the Quake," Hip Deep producer Ned Sublette spent a week all over Haiti, experience the full range of Karnival, and collecting field material. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/01-9221-pwezidan.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9086" alt="01 9221 pwezidan" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/01-9221-pwezidan-1024x682.jpg" width="512" height="341" /></a> Papier-mache heads of Haiti’s presidents await action on Kanaval morning, not in chronological order. L. to R.: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, René Preval, Michel Martelly, François Duvalier (partly visible), Jean-Claude Duvalier. Jakmel. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/02-9264-gran-bwa-jakmel.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9087" alt="02 9264 gran bwa jakmel" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/02-9264-gran-bwa-jakmel-1024x682.jpg" width="512" height="341" /></a> The Kanaval theme was “A tree for every Haitian,” to encourage people to cooperate with reforestation, so many people were dressed as Gran Bwa, the lwa of the forest. Jakmel. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/03-9402-Gran-Bwa-Jakmel.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9088" alt="03 9402 Gran Bwa Jakmel" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/03-9402-Gran-Bwa-Jakmel.jpg" width="497" height="745" /></a> Another Gran Bwa; this is a full-body costume, with an eyehole visible. Jakmel. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/04-9451-huge-float-at-night.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9089" alt="04 9451 huge float at night" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/04-9451-huge-float-at-night-1024x682.jpg" width="512" height="341" /></a> Huge, and ear-splittingly loud, float at night. The truck moved its massive rolling party very slowly through a dense crowd. Jakmel. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/06-8363-RAM-salute-Dessalines-1400.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9090" alt="06 8363 RAM salute Dessalines 1400" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/06-8363-RAM-salute-Dessalines-1400-1024x768.jpg" width="461" height="346" /></a> RAM salutes Jean-Jacques Dessalines in concert. Port-au-Prince. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/07-8420-Gede-Mazaka-at-the-Hotel-Oloffson-1400.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9091" alt="07 8420 Gede Mazaka at the Hotel Oloffson 1400" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/07-8420-Gede-Mazaka-at-the-Hotel-Oloffson-1400-1024x768.jpg" width="512" height="384" /></a> The lwa Gede Mazaka on the grounds of the Hotel Oloffson. Port-au-Prince <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/08-8435-Emerante-de-Pradines-1400.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9092" alt="08 8435 Emerante de Pradines 1400" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/08-8435-Emerante-de-Pradines-1400-1024x768.jpg" width="512" height="384" /></a> Emerante de Pradines at the Hotel Oloffson. Port-au-Prince. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/09-9147-Lolo-and-Manze.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-9093" alt="09 9147 Lolo and Manze" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2013/05/09-9147-Lolo-and-Manze-1024x682.jpg" width="512" height="341" /></a>Lolo and Manzé Beaubrun of Boukman Eksperyans, in their lakou (community). Delmas 75, Port-au-Prince.