Det sker i Port-au-Prince, 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

  The first of January is the anniversary of independence, and every household cooks and gives away the pumpkin soup the enslaved were forbidden. Nothing else opens; the day happens in kitchens and at neighbours' tables. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Kanaval, Rara season

• Festival

  Kanaval

  5.–25. feb. · normaltKarnevalTætpakket

  Sunday rehearsals build through the weeks before Lent and the three days themselves close the Champ de Mars to everything else. The national carnival rotates between cities and has been cancelled outright in bad years. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Rara season

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

  Between the first Sunday of Lent and Easter, rara bands parade on Sunday nights with drums and vaksin horns. Whether any of it can safely be seen in the capital depends on the security situation at the time. 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.

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

• Risiko

  Hurricane season

  1. jun. – 30. nov.

  The hills behind the city were logged long ago, so the rain arrives in the ravines faster than the wind arrives at all. A tropical storm well offshore is enough to close roads in the lower districts. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

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

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i august.

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

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

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.)

Travlt — Fèt Gede

• Festival

  Fèt Gede

  1.–2. nov.National helligdagTætpakket

  The Vodou festival of the dead falls on the Catholic days for it, and the Grand Cimetière fills with people in purple and black for the Gede lwa. It is a family observance before it is anything else. Kilde ↗

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, families living abroad come home and Christmas Eve centres on midnight Mass and carollers. Security in the capital decides how much of it a visitor can see. Kilde ↗