LOWELL — Peniel Guerrier has spent his life promoting Haitian culture through the beat of a drum and traditional dances from his home country. He was born in 1971 in St. Marc, a small town in Haiti ...

Editor’s note: The video above aired in a previous newscast. CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) – It was a five-hour celebration of Caribbean culture, and it was filled to capacity at the Brooklyn Museum ...

Jul. 8—ROCHESTER — Djenane Saint Juste dances for generations of her family. She teaches traditional Haitian dances as a way of speaking her heritage into the community. She finds her rhythm in ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, made UNESCO’s cultural heritage list on Wednesday. The syncopated rhythm, ...

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — The Haitian Compas Festival brought thousands to South Florida during Haitian Heritage Month, celebrating Haitian culture through music, food and community. Organizers said this ...

People in Port-au-Prince dance to compas, a modern merengue-style dance music from Haiti that is to be added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heitage list ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soft tunes float from the D.J. booth at Lakou in Little Haiti, setting the rhythm for a laid-back October weekend night. One by ...