Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine January 2018 | Page 299

EVENTS
JANUARY 20 - 27
Haiti International Jazz Festival
Join artistes and fans from all over the world
for this music-filled week. Local, regional and
internatinoal artistes will perform at various
venues throughout Port-au-Prince.
Haiti was discovered in 1492
by Christopher Columbus who
gave it its name. It is located on
the island of Hispaniola in the
Caribbean Sea which consists of
two countries - The Dominican
Republic and Haiti. Haiti occupies
1/3 while The Dominican Republic
occupies 2/3 of Hispaniola.
Haiti is primarily populated by
African-Caribbean people with a
history of French colonialism.
[Source: Bob Corbett, August 1999]
Photo Credit: Ricardo Mangual