This post is a bit late considering that I wrote about it back in January. I am choosing to look at it as really early for next year . For the New Year, I wrote about the Haitian tradition of eating soup joumou (pronounced joomoo) on January 1st. New Year’s Day happens to also be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Haitian Independence Day’
Bright Lights, Big Noises and Big Traditions
Since we got here in mid-December, every night I would hear the sound of fireworks, loud ones, popping. It reminded me of the weeks leading up to July 4th in the states and I caught on that this was a Venezuelan tradition. However, nothing could have prepared me for this at 12:00 AM on January [...]
