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Date English name Local name (in French) Remarks 1 January: New Year's Day and Independence Day: Nouvel an / Jour de l'an / Premier de l'a et Jour de l'Indépendance: Commemorates the day in 1804 when Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared independence and restored the country's native name.
Independence Day in Haiti is celebrated annually as a public holiday on every 1st of January [1] along with New Years Day, commemorating the nation's liberation from the French Empire. [1] [2] It also marks the birth of the world's first independent black republic, one achieved through an unprecedented successful slave revolt with the Haitian ...
The Haitian Heritage Month celebration is an expansion of the Haitian Flag Day, a major patriotic day celebration in Haiti and the Diaspora. Haitian President Dumarsais Estimé started the Flag Day celebration with parades, cultural and athletic events in many cities in Haiti in the 1930s, when he was minister of education under President Sténio Vincent.
Haitian Flag Day is May 18, but you don't have to wait until that Saturday to celebrate 220 years of Haitian independence. Gov. Kathy Hochul proclaimed May to be Haitian Heritage Month in New York ...
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While every day is a good day to enjoy Haitian cuisine, this year Chefs of the Caribbean will be having its popular celebrity brunch on Saturday, May 18. The event is free with an RSVP.
The Haitian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on January 1st, 1804, in the port city of Gonaïves by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, marking the end of the 13-year-long Haitian Revolution. With this declaration, Haiti became the first independent Black nation in the Western Hemisphere.
January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence. [13] February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras. [13] October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader. [13] November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou ...