Word: haitien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...provide other sights rarely seen by Americans. The marketplace is sometimes enlivened by a "ra-ra," a spontaneous celebration that frequently occurs in the spring when people don colorful costumes and engage in impromptu jam sessions with "vaccins"-flutelike instruments made from bamboo. One other side trip-to Cap Haitien on the northern coast-is almost worth traversing the particularly bad roads or risking the frequently canceled air trip. Once there, tourists can take a two-hour horseback ride up La Ferriere mountain to visit the ruins of the Citadelle, a huge stone fortress built by one of Haiti...