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...Kenscoff, about 1 3 miles away. The terraced farms clinging to steep mountainsides, the brilliant foliage and even the boys along the road who toss flowers into passing cars (in the hope that motorists will stop and buy more) all contribute to a scene of rare beauty. At Kenscoff, the bright colors of the wares in the huge, open, hillside market, as well as an occasional cockfight, 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...
...Rigaud Benoit, Andre Normil and Prefete Duffaut are already selling at hundreds and even thousands of dollars. But bargains can still be had if tourists are willing to search out true primitives like St. Pierre, who works as a caretaker at a large home on the road to Kenscoff and paints in his spare time. He sells his characteristic bird-and-leaf designs for as little...
...official goodby to Port-au-Prince meant having sent down from Manhattan presents for pickaninnies in the hospital patronized by Mrs. Gordon and choice viands including meat for the banquet Minister Gordon served to mulatto dignitaries who, of course, banqueted him in return-President Vincent at his estate, "Kenscoff." As the Gordons sailed last week on S, S. Pastores, the Haitian press spokesman pontificated in French: "All functions on the occasion of Minister Gordon's departure were perfectly successful. He left the impression in Haiti that he is a diplomat both correct and loyal...
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