Det sker i Cap-Haïtien, Haiti året igennem

Travlt — Independence Day and soup joumou, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Independence Day and soup joumou

  1.–2. jan.National helligdagLukninger

  Every household cooks and gives away the pumpkin soup the enslaved were forbidden, on the anniversary of the day that ended. Shops shut and the day is spent in kitchens and at neighbours' tables rather than out. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Kanaval, Rara season

• Festival

  Kanaval

  5.–25. feb. · normaltKarnevalTætpakket

  The three days before Ash Wednesday are the biggest street event in the north, with bann a pye walking bands and floats along the boulevard. The national carnival rotates between cities and has been called off outright in bad years. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Rara season

  10. feb. – 25. apr. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  From the first Sunday of Lent until Easter, rara bands walk the streets on Sunday nights with drums and bamboo vaksin horns, growing louder each week toward Holy Week. Many head for the Souvenance vodou gathering near Gonaïves at Easter. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Rara season, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Rara season (10. feb. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Rara season

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Rara season (10. feb. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Risiko

  Hurricane season

  1. jun. – 30. nov.

  The north is more often hit by the rain than the wind — Matthew in 2016 destroyed the southern peninsula and largely spared Cap-Haïtien. Water off the mountains closes the coast road and the plain before a storm arrives. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Saint Jacques pilgrimage, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Saint Jacques pilgrimage

  23.–27. jul.PilgrimssæsonTætpakket

  Thousands walk out to Plaine-du-Nord, half an hour from town, to go into the mud basin for Ogou on Saint James's day, then on to the sea at Limonade. It is a religious event first and a spectacle second, and photography is not always welcome. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Travlt — Christmas and midnight Mass, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Christmas and midnight Mass

  15.–25. dec.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  Markets fill with decorations and crafts in the run-up, families living abroad come home, and Christmas Eve centres on midnight Mass with carollers going round the neighbourhoods. Kilde ↗