Gros Moteur rara band keeps the rhythm of resistance alive in Gonaïves after 96 years
As a tradition, each Good Friday, Gros Moteur’s members circle the sacred Lakou Souvenance seven times in a symbolic procession. Then, on the last Palm Sunday that falls in the Rara season, they all dress entirely in white, heeding the spiritual instruction passed down through a servant of the Lakou Souvenance, said to be inspired by Fernand Bien-Aimé’s deceased father, a member of the rara band. The post Gros Moteur rara band keeps the rhythm of resistance alive in Gonaïves […]
