Rara
Haiti's processional street music
Rara i vuyimbeleri bya le switarateni swa le Haiti, lebyi tlangiwa hi mintlawa leyi fambaka hi nkarhi wa lembe ra lembe - xidzana ro sungula ni lebyi ngopfu - ngopfu byi fambisiwaka hi Vhiki ro Kwetsima. Timhondzo ta yona ta haksin leti vuriwaka ti - moksin, ti famba - famba hi ku tirhisa ti - lirol, ematshan'weni yo famba - famba, naswona ti ni nhlamuselo ya vukhongeri ni ya ntshamisano ku fana ni vuyimbeleri.
Origin & history
Rara is a festival tradition of rural and urban Haiti, tied to the Lenten season and to Haitian Vodou, performed by bands that process on foot through the streets.
Its instruments include the vaksin — single-note bamboo or metal trumpets played in interlocking groups so that the melody exists only between the players, never in any one of them.
Laha yi tshamaka kona
Laha vampfampfarhuti lava va humaka kona
1 Rara Vatshila va le ka TimTim.Live, naswona 1 Ma ni doroba ra mani na mani. Laha hi laha va humaka kona.
Matiko
Madoroba ni tindhawu
Van'wana va vatshila
Swivutiso & Tinhlamulo
What is rara?+
Rara is Haitian processional street music, played by walking bands during Lent and especially Holy Week, using bamboo vaksin horns, drums and metal percussion.
How is rara different from konpa?+
Konpa is Haiti's dance-band music, played at parties and on record. Rara is a seasonal street procession with religious roots, played on foot and in the open. Both are Haitian; they belong to different parts of life.
What is a vaksin?+
A vaksin is a single-note bamboo or metal trumpet. Players interlock their individual notes so the melody emerges from the group rather than from any one instrument.
When is rara played?+
Chiefly during Lent, reaching its height over Holy Week.