There had been a big rainstorm the night before Michael Magers’ first Kanaval. The annual February festivities are a long-held tradition in Jacmel, an artisan community in Haiti famous for elevating ...

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Canadian group will play in the coastal town of Jacmel on 21 February, as part of the country's Kanaval celebrations Arcade Fire: Voodoo rhythms, dance music and David Bowie Behind the mask: Kanaval ...

Haiti’s history is “not an easy one”, notes Leah Gordon in her extraordinary collection of photographs of Haitians, and it is no surprise to discover that its carnival costumes are not “easy” either.

You didn’t have to draw it out of anyone. It’s an accepted part of reality.’ Teeming with sensorial details, humour and pain, Kanaval is an ode to the troupes, punters, flaneurs and meanderers who ...

A visually arresting feature documentary, set in the present but which tells the rich story of Haiti’s past, that follows a number of carnival performers in the lead-up to, and during, the annual ...

Canadian Steve Krause first went to Jacmel in April of 2003 and the Haitian city has held a special place in his heart ever since. He has kindly shared his photographs from several visits over the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Leafing through Leah Gordon's book of bewildering, disturbing and thrilling black-and-white photos, one stands out. Two boys stand ...