00:0020 dancers gathered in a leafy garden in Port-au-Prince on Saturday for an event called Dance is Life.
00:11They were there to show that their culture and music are resilient in the face of Haiti's security crisis.
00:19The performance was the brainchild of choreographer Pascale Durosier.
00:25I always say dance is my language, how I can express what is deep inside, what I cannot speak out loud.
00:37So it's my way to express myself and forget about anything else. It's my way to cope the situation.
00:47The performance was inspired by the 18th century Bouakémont voodoo ceremony that led to the only successful slave revolt in history.
00:57I see in evidences. It's in our blood. We feel the drums. We feel the connection with music.
01:07So what made our independence? It was the ceremony of Bouakémont. In Bouakémont you have the beat group, you have the drums, you have all the spirits with us.
01:21It was through dance. So dance for me, it's revolution. Dance for Haitian has to be power. Dance has to be identity. Know who you are.
01:37That revolution had its roots in Voodoo, a religion born in West Africa and brought across the Atlantic by enslaved people.
01:47It melds Catholicism with animist beliefs and has no official leader or credo.
01:53It does have a single god known as Bondi, which means good god in Creole and more than a thousand spirits known as the Iwa.
02:02According to the UN, an estimated 90% of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince is under the control of criminal groups.
02:10They're now expanding their attacks into surrounding areas and previously peaceful regions.
02:16What's the meaning of the Order of the Quest?
02:18What does those 19-old should have a great deal for?
02:21This is a great country.
02:23It is a great country.
02:25It's a great country.
02:26It's a good country.
02:28It's a great country.
02:31It's a great country.
02:34The Women of the is belated and the American auf-Pakémont.
02:37The Beachy Nation, who Put up in the U.S.
02:39Again, it's a great country.
02:41And here, what happened?
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