Tucked away in a small shopping center, a few weeks before Haiti celebrates its fifth flag day since the earthquake, a restaurant played host to an expo that commemorated the start of Haitian Cultural Month.
David Brown, who provides tours of Little Haiti as director or Urban Tours, gathered the group of artists, artisans, chefs and performers to Kasa Champet, a Haitian restaurant at 7920 Pines Blvd., to display and possibly sell the small samplings of the Haitian culture they provided.
Marie Lunu Arne is the matriarch of a team of seamstresses who make all sorts of fabric using the colors of the Haitian flag.
Arne, who works with her daughter, Woodlyne Arne, and Sophia Pierre-Pierre, said she has sown clothes for children in South Florida – with only herself as help – for more than 10 years.
“I’m the first Haitian to cloth kids around here,” she said.
The expo also included singers and a spoken word artist.
Saskya Sky, a singer since 9, started the event with her performance of the national anthem of the country she currently calls home, United States, which preceded the sacred song of her birth nation, Haiti.
Before Broward County proclaimed May 2 as Haitian Arts and Artisan Day, Mecca “Grimo” Marcelin performed “Haiti was born in Me.”
Yvette Colbourne, City of Miramar commissioner, attended to demonstrate, as she said, how vital the Haitian community is to South Florida.
“It’s important to celebrate all cultures,” Colborne said. “But especially one that is truly represented in our community.”
Source:
http://miamitimesonline.com/news/2015/may/06/art-expo-showcases-haitian-businesses/
