Editing Carnival (section)

====Haiti====
{{Main|Haitian Carnival}}
Carnival in [[Haiti]] started in 1804 in the capital [[Port-au-Prince]] after the [[Haitian Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]]. The Port-au-Prince Carnival is one of the largest in North America. It is known as Kanaval in the [[Creole language]]. It starts in January, known as "Pre-Kanaval", while the main carnival activities begin in February. In July 2012, Haiti had another carnival called Kanaval de Fleur. Beautiful costumes, floats, [[Rara festival]] parades,<ref>{{cite web| title=Rara Festivals in Haiti and its Diaspora| url=http://rara.wesleyan.edu/| publisher=Wesleyan University| access-date=5 November 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117043630/http://rara.wesleyan.edu/| archive-date=17 January 2016| url-status=live}}</ref> masks, foods, and popular [[rasin]] music (such as [[Boukman Eksperyans]], Foula Vodoule, Tokay, Boukan Ginen, and Eritaj) and [[Compas|kompa]] bands (such as T-Vice, Djakout No. 1, [[Sweet Micky]], Kreyòl{{nbsp}}La, D.P. Express, Mizik Mizik, Ram, T-Micky, Carimi, Djakout Mizik, and Scorpio Fever) play for dancers in the streets of the plaza of Champ-de-Mars, Port-au-Prince. A song competition takes place.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Other places in Haiti celebrate carnival, including [[Jacmel]] and [[Aux Cayes]]. In 2013, Kanaval was celebrated in Okap ([[Cap-Haïtien]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haiti Carnaval 2013 - Cap Haitien |url=http://www.haitianinternet.com/photos/haiti-carnaval-2013-cap-haitien.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=The Haitian Internet Newsletter |language=en}}</ref>

Carnival finishes on Ash Wednesday, followed by rara festival, another parading musical tradition known mainly in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic. This festival emphasises religion. Songs are composed each year, and bands play bamboo tubes (''vaksin'') and homemade horns (''konèt''). Rara is also performed in [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect]] and [[Central Park]] in summertime New York.<ref>{{cite book| last=McAlister| first=Elizabeth| title=Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora| year=2002| publisher=University of California Press| location=Berkeley| isbn=0-520-22823-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9790520228237}}</ref>