{"id":70020,"date":"2020-09-17T21:16:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/defying-protests-and-poverty-haitians-get-creative-to-wed-in-style\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T21:16:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:16:04","slug":"defying-protests-and-poverty-haitians-get-creative-to-wed-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/defying-protests-and-poverty-haitians-get-creative-to-wed-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"#Defying protests and poverty, Haitians get creative to wed in style"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Defying protests and poverty, Haitians get creative to wed in style<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n PORT-AU-PRINCE \u2013 As anti-government protesters in Haiti\u2019s capital blocked principal roads and clashed with police last year, Stanley Joseph and Daphne Gerard used the city\u2019s winding and potholed backroads to make it to church for their wedding, decked out in all their finery.<\/p>\n

The bride had wondered if they should postpone their big day when it became clear a majority of their guests would not make it, due to the violent unrest that had gripped Port-au-Prince for months.<\/p>\n

But they had spent a lot of money and time planning.<\/p>\n

Joseph, 36, felt they could make it work, although that meant chartering a plane to bring Gerard\u2019s parents up from the country\u2019s south-east.<\/p>\n

Such is Haiti, where couples often have to surmount seemingly endless obstacles, from unrest and hurricanes to power outages and, above all, poverty, to get wed.<\/p>\n

But wed they do, and in style.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always have problems in Haiti. You can\u2019t wait. You just have to get on and overcome them,\u201d said Joseph, who wore a silver suit and lilac tie and boutonniere, matching the bridesmaids\u2019 lilac dresses. \u201cI was stressed but happ<\/a>y.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marriage is not as widespread in Haiti as in other Western countries, given the long-standing Creole tradition of \u2018plasaj,\u2019 an informal marital relationship that is common in rural areas but not legally recognized.<\/p>\n

Yet marriage has greater prestige and is particularly favored by Haiti\u2019s wealthier, cosmopolitan urbanites, according to Haitian sociologist Tamas Jean Pierre \u2013 not least because it is recognized abroad.<\/p>\n

Protestant churchgoing communities also favor marriage, especially if a couple is expecting a child. Some religious schools will only accept pupils if their parents can provide a marriage certificate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften the reverend himself puts pressure on the couple, saying it is the will of God, which you cannot disobey,\u201d said Haitian ethnologist Isaac Ducl\u00e9on.<\/p>\n

Plasaj does not grant rights such as child support in the event of separation, or a share of a partner\u2019s estate if they die.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fell pregnant and, as we are both churchgoers, we decided to get married,\u201d said Johanne Jean, 38, who wed one month after giving birth, nursing her baby throughout the day.<\/p>\n

SHINDIG ON A SHOESTRING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still, in a country where more than half the population lives under the poverty line of $2.41 per day, only the wealthiest of Haitian couples can afford the full shebang of a wedding ceremony, lavish dinner reception, and honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Most have to get creative. Sometimes multiple couples get married at the same time to save on church fees.<\/p>\n

They might skip the reception or, in the countryside, offer a simple meal of bread, fried plantains, rice and coffee. Sometimes, the whole village might provide food. Disputes can occur when there is not enough for all those who turn up, or when guests try to take home dishes or drinks.<\/p>\n

Usually the cake is not big enough for everyone to have a piece so it is put on display during the wedding and consumed later at home by the couple and their nearest and dearest.<\/p>\n

The couple may hire a pickup truck or motorbike taxis for the day to ferry people around. Or they may just walk to church, sweating up and down hills in their wedding clothes in the tropical heat.<\/p>\n

Despite tight pursestrings, the showiness of the ceremony is the one element of the Haitian wedding that never lacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s partly about expressing your social<\/a> status,\u201d said Jean Pierre. \u201cEven the poorest women make an effort to have a beautiful wedding, which for them means a big eye-catching procession that people will talk about for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bridal procession in church can include friends playing the part of a king and queen, while the bridesmaids and groomsmen often dress so similarly to the bride and groom that it can be difficult to define, from outside, who is actually getting wed.<\/p>\n

DIASPORIC SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a couple has relatives abroad willing to be the \u2018godparents\u2019 or witnesses, these will typically make a financial contribution to the wedding, including buying and shipping the bride\u2019s dress, usually a bouffant white gown.<\/p>\n

Reggae singer Mirla-Samuelle Pierre, 32, said her cousin who lives in New York and was her wedding godmother purchased her dress, shoes, gloves and tall sparkling crown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to be different to everyone else so I got the tallest one there was,\u201d said Pierre, who married her drummer and composer bandmate Duckyns St-Eloi, better known as \u2018Zikiki\u2019.<\/p>\n

She wed in church, mainly to please her parents. But the theme of the wedding decoration was \u2018rastafari,\u2019 reflecting the culture of the dreadlocked groom.<\/p>\n

Zikiki, 38, wore a red, black, green and gold scarf over his white suit and surprised his bride as she arrived in church by belting out the jazz song \u201cWhat a Wonderful World.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like all but the wealthiest Haitians, they chose not to spend any money on a grand reception or honeymoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, that same evening we went out to a nightclub,\u201d said Zikiki, \u201cand we had a lot of fun together.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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