ManifesNaval

ManifesNaval is the Haitian Carnival style of the Protest music.

During Haitian carnival season bands integrate many styles of music into their sound s including: FolKompa, Diaspora-Ra, Rara, Rasin, Raboday, Ragga-Boday,

and RaggaNaval which is rhydim borrowed from Carnival Music to form .

The sub-genre uses catchy melodies and rhythms which usually relates to news, their struggles/frustrations, Social disparities, Poverty, society problems, and which they do in the form of "Voye pwen" (Send a point) which is sung in native Hatian Creole.

Characterised by typical instruments:

Keyboard/Keytar, Bass guitars, Electric Guitars, Drum set, Percussions, Loops, Brass,

Drumming, , Sequencers, Synthesizes, Delays, and Backing tracks.

Key stylistic element:

Vocals include a blend of PoLyrical Comments, SingRapping, Kompa, Call and repeat, Chanted Vocals (often with strong use of cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics, Choruses and Singable melodies), which are sung in Haitian French-Creole,

It's played in outdoor music outdoor-festivals As well as in nightclubs from mainly the French-Creole, Frenglish and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe as well as Canada, France and some cities in North and South America (especially New York City, New Jersey, Boston, and and Miami)

A notable label of this kind of ManifesNaval music is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps

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