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Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida

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FA5081A

Photographer

Saltzman, Riki, Collector.

Date

1990

Date Note

Photographed in February 1990.

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Folklife collection
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1990: Folklife Area-Ethnic Celebrations-Caribbean Carnival-Negatives, Contact Sheets (Riki Saltzman) ; Box 1, FF31

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

The group was performing at Martin Luther King Park in Miami.

Rara is a celebration that follows Carnival in Haiti. A Rara band consists of a wide range of percussion and wind instruments, and may include rattles, conch shells, and "found" instruments such as car springs.

Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida

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Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida

Subject

Songs, Ethnic

Ethnicity, Haitian

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Musical traditions, Haitian

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Musical traditions

Domestic arts

Personal adornment

Clothing, Latin American and Caribbean

Songs, Haitian

Drums

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Musical instruments--Haiti

Music--Performance

Musical instruments

Percussion instruments

Congas

Drum

Singers

Percussionists

Instrumentalists

Musicians--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Male musicians--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Haitian American musicians--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Haitian American entertainers--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Performing arts--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Singing

Creator

Saltzman, Riki, Collector.

Date

1990

Identifier

FA5081A

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Date Note

Photographed in February 1990.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1990: Folklife Area-Ethnic Celebrations-Caribbean Carnival-Negatives, Contact Sheets (Riki Saltzman) ; Box 1, FF31

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1664B1FF31.

General Note

The group was performing at Martin Luther King Park in Miami.

Subject - Person

Cesar, Jamail Malcolm X.

Massena, Frederick

Subject - Corporate

Konbo Guinyn (Musical group)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida. 1990. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110905>, accessed 4 December 2024.

MLA

Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida. 1990. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110905>

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(State Archives of Florida/Saltzman)

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Frederick Massena, left, and Jamail Malcolm X Cesar of the Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn performing - Miami, Florida

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