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By Garry Pierre-Pierre
In the early 1990s, a new musical genre burst into the scene in Haiti. The style, Rasin, or Roots music was an electric version of percussionist driven Vodou songs that were the staple of ceremonies.
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Garry Pierre-Pierre
Garry Pierre-Pierre is a Pulitzer Prize winning, multi-media and entrepreneurial journalist. Founder and publisher of Haitian Times.
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