På gång i Cap-Haïtien, Haiti under året

Mycket folk — Independence Day and soup joumou, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Independence Day and soup joumou

  1–2 janNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Kanaval, Rara season

• Festival

  Kanaval

  5–25 feb · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Rara season

  10 feb – 25 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Rara season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Rara season (10 feb – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Rara season

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Rara season (10 feb – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Risk

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Saint Jacques pilgrimage, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Saint Jacques pilgrimage

  23–27 julPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mycket folk — Christmas and midnight Mass, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Christmas and midnight Mass

  15–25 decJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗