List of some Haitian dishes
'Diri ak Pwa' Rice and beans
'Mayi Moulen' Cornmeal
'Tasso et Banane Pézé' (Fried Beef and Plantains)
'Diri ak Poule' (Rice with Chicken)
'Diri ak Légumes' (Rice with Légumes, a vegetable mixture)
'Diri Colé ak Sos Pwa' (Rice with bean sauce)
'Diri Blan ak Sos Pwa Noir' (White rice and black bean sauce)
'Kanard Fri' (Fried duck)
'Kabrit' (goat meat)
'Chokolat La Kaye' (homemade cocoa)
'Diri Djon Djon' (Rice in black mushroom sauce)
'Griyo' (Fried boar/pork)
Haitian cuisine is a mixture of various cuisines, of a similar nature with fellow Latin American countries. It employs similar techniques with the rest of the Caribbean with influences from French, Spanish, and African cuisines, and a few derivatives from native Taino cooking.
Rice and beans in several different ways are eaten throughout the country regardless of location, becoming a sort of national dish. They form the staple diet, which consists of a lot of starch and is high in carbohydrates. |
| NATIONAL ANTHEM OF HAITI
La Dessalinienne
(The Song of Dessalines)
For our country,
For our forefathers,
United let us march.
Let there be no traitors in our ranks!
Let us be masters of our soil.
United let us march
For our country,
For our forefathers.
For our forebears,
For our country
Let us toil joyfully.
May the fields be fertile
And our souls take courage.
Let us toil joyfully
For our forebears,
For our country.
For our country
And for our forefathers,
Let us train our sons.
Free, strong, and prosperous,
We shall always be as brothers.
Let us train our sons
For our country
And for our forefathers.
For our forebears,
For our country,
Oh God of the valiant!
Take our rights and our life
Under your infinite protection,
Oh God of the valiant!
For our forebears,
For our country.
For the flag,
For our country
To die is a fine thing!
Our past cries out to us:
Have a disciplined soul!
To die is a fine thing,
For the flag,
For our country.
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