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Devotees of Haitian culture and its music are in for a spectacular treat when Karibana – NYC 2010 comes to the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale for a special Labor Day weekend party.

The show’s line-up reads like a “Who’s-Who” list of famous Haitian artists and other musicians who are interested in one thing, and one thing only – providing the audience with a rousing good time.

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Gyptian and Werrason Join Top Haitian Bands at Karibana Pre-Labor Day Concert


New York, NY, August 2, 2010 – The Haitian Music Industry will be captivated this Labor Day Weekend with a very special concert. The event, which promises to be the preeminent industry musical celebration on the east coast, will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 4 PM at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

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The genre was developed by Nemours Jean Baptiste, a Haitian jazz artist who was witness and actor of a musical and cultural trade between Haiti and Cuba. Although Jean-Baptiste was given credit for inventing Compas, it was said to be his conga player Quedzere (or Pouedzer) Durozo during practice who actually struck the conga in a manner which would later be known as compas direk. That name reportedly came from an army officer who was awakened by what he had heard and said in creole (a la yon kompa direk papa) loosely translated "what a direct beat".

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