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Location and Language

 Haiti is North of the Caribbean Sea, South of Atlantic Ocean, East of Cuba, and West of the Dominican Republic. The language that Haitians speak is French and Kréol or Creole. Every Haitian speaks and understands Creole. Not much people in Haitian speak French. Even though French is a official language of  Haiti, less then 10% of the population speak it. Creole was originally a secret way of communication that between Haitian slaves and their French-speaking masters. Now a full-fledge language with its own grammar and spelling system and the sole language of most Haitians, Creole is finally recognized as a Haitian official language.       

Religion and Government

In Haiti the people are 80% Catholic and 16% Protestant. There is only one god named "Bondye". Most of the religion is voodoo healing. There are two types of voodoo they are Radna and Petro The people are also 10% Baptist 4% Pentricistal 1% Adventist and 1% Other. Roughly half of the population practices voodoo. Executive power is shared by the president of the republic, who is directly elected for a term of five years, and the prime minister, who is chosen by the president with the approval of the national assembly .  

 

Leisure and Entertainment

Entertainment of Haitians are varied. They like to read, paint, architecture, professional wrestling, dancing, throwing banquets, golf, tennis, and swimming. Haitians train vicious roosters to cockfight, where two cocks duel to their death. Roosters are fed raw meat and hot peppers soaked in rum, to raise their aggression. The cocks skin is rubbed with ginger to harden it. Their feet, neck, and rump massaged with mahogany bark. The cock-trainer would put sharp spurs on the animal's claws to deliver fatal wounds. Soccer is very popular sport in Haiti. Osselets is a game much similar to jacks, but played with 5 goat knuckles. Each osselet used haves four sides: dos, creuse, I, and S. The goat knuckles are thrown in the air and left to drop. The player takes one osselet and throws that in the air and picks up another one before having the first knuckle to fall in the hand. Before picking up a osselet, the player must turn it on the dos side first. The point of the game is for each player to pick up another osselet each time until all five are in the palm. The first player to do so is declared the victor.      

 

Food and Clothing

The clothing in Haitians is usually made of light weight cotton to suit the tropical climate, and it is normally very colorful. The men normally wear short sleeve shirts and cotton trousers and the women wear full and wide neck blouses full of color and patterns. Sometimes if the family is poor the women will have to sew the families clothing. Rural families have a set of clothes that they pursue for special occasions only. There normal meal includes rice, corn, millet, yam, and wild greens. The daily diet of a peasant is coffee and sour bread for breakfast. Rice and beans, in a stew with little chunks of meat would be a common dinner stew. Haiti's commonly eat mangoes, because they are common and full of vitamins. Spiced shrimp, pheasant with orange sauce, green turtle steak, wild duck, salad made with hearts of palms, specialties of  very expensive restaurants. Djon-Djon is a dish of rice and bean, with black small mushrooms, a traditional Haiti dish. Calalou is another traditional meal, a mixture of salted pork, crabmeat, pepper, onion, spinach, okra, and chili pepper, steamed together in a pot for 90 minutes.  

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