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Rara!

Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora

  • Home
    • Photo Gallery
    • The Music and Dance of Rara
      • Media
    • Rara as a Form of Carnival
      • Media
    • Rara as a Religious Obligation in Vodou
      • Media
    • Rara and Christians, Rara and Jews
      • Media
    • Rara Gender and Sexuality
      • Media
    • Rara and Politics
      • Media
    • Rara in New York
      • Media
  • Acceuil
    • Galerie
    • Musique et danse de rara
      • Médias: Musique et danse de Rara
    • Le Rara comme manifestation du Carnaval
      • Médias: Le Rara comme manifestation du Carnaval
    • Le Rara comme manifestation religieuse du Vodou
      • Médias: le Rara comme une manifestation religieuse du Vodou
    • Le Rara et les Chrétiens, Rara et les Juifs 
      • Médias: Le Rara et les Chrétiens, le Rara et les Juifs 
    • Le Rara : genre et sexualité
      • Médias : genre et sexualité
    • Le Rara et la politique
      • Médias: Le Rara et la politique
    • Le Rara à New York
      • Médias: Le Rara à New York

Photo Gallery

Singing in the New York Rara
Singing, dancing down the road
Rara band in cloth strip costume, in the style of the Artibonite Valley.
A Rara band from a distance
Anacaona, Indian Queen of Haiti, surrounded by Rara bands
Rara Majo Jon metalwork sculpture
Christ as Zonbi Metalwork Sculpture
Judas sits in effegy, waiting to be burned on Holy Saturday
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Fire in the Crossroads
Majo Jonc in Leogane dress in sequins to juggle their batons.
Rara streams down a street in Carrefour
Young Rara kings and queen rest after dancing
Soldiers Guard Duvalier's Tomb
Rara colonels on manoevers
Rara Men play konet and Bamboo
Rara Colonel holds his whip
Three Lengths of Bamboo Walking
Rara Boys
Rara with Queens in green and orange
Rara for Duvalier
The colonel directs
A Rara band plays in New York City
Rara queens in the Artibonite

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                                                                                                                           Site content based on Elizabeth McAlister’s work in Haiti, 1991-1995

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