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Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn - Miami, Florida

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FA5040

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Collection

Folklife Collection.
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1990: Folklife Area-Ethnic Celebrations-Prints ; Box 1, FF26

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 7 in.

General Note

Rara is a celebration that follows Carnival in Haiti. A Rara band consists of a wide range of percussion and wind instruments, and may include bamboo flutes, rattles, conch shells, and "found" instruments such as car springs.

Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn - Miami, Florida

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Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn - Miami, Florida

Subject

Portraits

Haitian American entertainers--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Haitian American musicians--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Musicians--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Musical groups--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Bands (Music)--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Singers

Instrumentalists

Drummers (Musicians)

Congas

Percussion instruments

Gourds

Musical instruments--Haiti

Ethnicity, Haitian

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Domestic arts

Personal adornment

Clothing, Latin American and Caribbean

Date

1990

Identifier

FA5040

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Miami (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 7 in.

Series Title

Folklife Collection.

Folklife Collection Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1990: Folklife Area-Ethnic Celebrations-Prints ; Box 1, FF26

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1664B1FF26.

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Subject - Corporate

Konbo Guinyn (Musical group)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn - Miami, Florida. 1990. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110864>, accessed 24 June 2026.

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Haitian Rara band Konbo Guinyn - Miami, Florida. 1990. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110864>

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