Although the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), had apologized to the Diaspora community for not being present at the National Carnival 2012, due to lack of financial means... it seems that the Minister Daniel Supplice finally find a solution to allow the Diaspora to have a stand, however modest.

This second day of the carnival festivities confirmed the success, initiated Sunday, of National Carnival 2012 of Haiti. Walking bands, dance groups, allegorical floats, musical floats drew on their repertoire to provide a high quality entertainment to local and foreign revelers. The bands offered an animation of very good quality throughout the course. Tenors of compas music like Djakout #1, T-vice and same Carimi, Ram (Racine), Brothers Posse, Rap et Ragga and Fam Lame (Rock) among others, have marked and inflamed the passion of revelers for hours... until late in the night...

Online news agencies and television channels of the diaspora came to cover the event and thanks to antennas installed on the stand of MHAVE, the Haitian diaspora can follow online the progress of the Carnival.

While this Tuesday, February 21, 2012, begins the third and final fat day of this National Carnival, Jean Gabriel Fortuné, the Departmental Director resigned, declared "once again we say thank you to everyone who made ​​the trip to come to the National Carnival without violence. Les Cayes have proven once again that it is a city inhabited by a civilized population. [...] come view the beautiful atmosphere, the beautiful colors, beautiful well-designed streets, the beautiful beaches of the Southern Department for the last day fat. The Cayes are standing and we ask that the whole country take the example on us [...]"

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4995-haiti-culture-the-couple-martelly-crown-the-queen-and-the-king-of-carnival-2012.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4999-haiti-culture-the-town-of-les-cayes-in-jubilation-for-this-first-fat-day.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4982-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html

HL/ HaitiLibre