carimi - T-Vice 2010 Haitian Flag week All Black Affair

Carimi T-Vice All Black Affair 2010 at Soho Studio Miami, Fl HISTORY OF THE HAITIAN FLAG For a countrys citizens, the national flag is indisputably a symbol of general pride. They would consider any offense to their flag to be an offense to their country. Beyond being an icon though, a flags origin can often say a lot about a nations social make-up or history. Haitians feel no different and even reserve a special day to honor it. That day is May 18th. In Haiti, Flag Day is a major national holiday celebrated with great fanfare on the grounds of the national palace. Flag Day is also observed by Haitians in the Diaspora. In The United States for example, teenagers whether in High School give homage to the red and blue by carrying it around with them or on their persona for at least a week. Haitis flags origin is tightly linked to a history of struggle for freedom. In the early days of revolt in St. Domingue, the slaves did not have a flag. However, they did notice that their former masters were using the French Flag. From 1791 to about 1793, the revolt became more widespread and gave rise to a number of large groups still fighting independently. In those times, each main leader would use any piece of cloth as a flag. Slowly the slave movement found some synergy and came to follow the leadership one main person: Toussaint Louverture. Realizing that you cannot fight three enemies at the same time, Toussaint and the army of revolted slaves fought successively for the Spanish...