The sun was darkened with the death of Jean Michel Daudier

By: Herve and Carl Gilbert

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Jean Michel Daudier

The news spread like a wildfire earlier this week. Jean Michel Daudier, artist well known and loved in Haiti and in the Diaspora died of a heart attack Monday, October 14, 2013. He was 56.

Jean Michel Daudier with his clear voice in the song " Lem pa wè soley la " who had sung the toll of the Duvalier dictatorship, and had stimulated and mobilized thousands of Haitians  everywhere during the revolution of February 7, 1986 , is gone ...
Indeed, this is the song " Lem pa wè soley la" which made ​​him famous.  Jean Michel had composed this theme music following the reopening of Radio Soleil,( the voice of the Catholic Church in Haiti ), which had been shut down arbitrarily by that regime attempting to reduce the national press in silence. Radio Metropole, one of the most listened stations during that period broadcasted only foreign news since the destruction of Radio Haiti Inter and the expulsion of several journalists in the broadcast media on November 28, 1980 by the regime of Duvalier. Radio Caraïbes, Radio Cacique and Radio Antilles had been gagged, their journalists were forced into hiding .

Lèm pa Wè Soley la (When I don't see the Sun)

 

So, Radio Soleil was the only conduit for the news in Haiti that the government of  Jean- Claude Duvalier was trying to stifle because of the growing  of  protest movements and uprising that was taken place continuously in the country .

“Lem pa wè soley “the jingle for Radio Soleil also became the generic intro for the announcement of the news, was also taken on everyone's lips at the time and later became a recurring theme ... Who does not remember this spot announcement  of  the Radio Soleil’s news ? Yet the composer of this simple and powerful message remained unknown until the departure of the dictator, February 7, 1986 .
In the euphoria of the moment, everyone came to recognize and applaud Jean Michel Daudier outside the studio of Radio Soleil, when the station was publicly revealed his name as the composer of this transcendent music that awakened consciences in a dark time of our history where many young people have lost their lives. The jubilant crowd jumped to his feet and joined him in a mighty chorus of more than ten thousand voices ...

Jean Michel Daudier was a multi-talented artist, he played acoustic guitar as well as the synthesis and piano. He has released two albums titled ( Soley and the Diaspora ) and played every where in  the United States in solo or with his musical group. The last time we saw him performing on stage was last year at Casa Champet in Miramar Florida . He has participated in several cultural festivities here in Central Florida. Jean- Michel was everyone’s friend, with his songs he touched all hearts. "Love has no boundaries ,"  one of the title that he was working on as he announced it himself on his Facebook page on October 6. He was a member of Haiti Connection Forum, a friend of the team of Haiti Connection Network  and he sent us from time to time its inspiring messages that accosted us for a better Haiti. This artist multilingual used to perform  in French , English, Spanish, Creole and Portuguese.

Jean Michel will be missed greatly ! To his parents, relatives, friends and admirers , we offer our sincere condolences. Our deepest sympathy to his mom Mrs. Rose Latour Louis, his daughter Leila Daudier, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Lagroue, Myrlene Daudier Lagroue respectively brother in law and sister of Jean –Michel, his sister Sabrina Daudier Florent and her husband Yvan Florent , his sister Yolène Luc and family and his brothers Kenol Daudier, Carlo Placide and Jan Mapou.

Jean Michel, you were dreaming to see a bright sun regenerated in Haiti  throughout  your song " When is the next sun ." However, the sun was darkened and the clouds veiled you suddenly ... But the sunshine, I am sure, will shine again throughout your songs . Peace to your soul !

By : Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com and Carl Gilbert cggilb@yahoo.com 



The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Edith FIAF , the icon of the song, did it comes to your mind ?

by Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com
  French Version

Edith Piaf

This 10th of October 2013 brings the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Édith Piaf ! At the fiftieth anniversary of her disappearance, Haïti-Connexion-Culture is proud to pay tribute to the star of the French song, best known Francophone artist worldwide. Fifty years after her death, Edith Piaf remains the symbol of the French song. She was a little lady in size but a great lady by her talent and she will always be eternal!

Edith Piaf, whose real name was Edith Giovanna Gassion , was born December 19, 1915 in Paris, died October 10, 1963 in Grasse, from internal bleeding at the age of 47 years. French singer of music hall and variety , fifty years after her death , she’s the most famous French interpreter , both in France and abroad.

The realistic song of Edith Piaf in 1950-60 is the heyday of French cultural influence abroad. She was the first French singer to conquer America. Known worldwide for " La vie en rose " Edith Piaf captivated the public throughout the world . By her voice, but also her intensity increased by a minimum of resources deployed on stage: a simple gesture for each song, a little black dress and a round light . Eternal shopgirl, the artist spent her short life to sing of love and to live as a true man-eater and not always kind to women.

Known for her debut " La Mome Piaf ", she’s the source of many successes that will become classics in her repertoire, like La Vie en rose ; Non, je ne regrette rien ; Hymne à l'amour ; Mon légionnaire ; La Foule ; Milord ; Mon Dieu ou encore L'Accordéoniste.

The voice of Edith Piaf crossed all boundaries of the world where many of hers songs have been performed in the four corners of the world. In Haiti , since my childhood , I often heard my father at home humming the tunes of Piaf in the shower. I shuddered when I heard Edith Piaf on a vinyl record 78 rpm for the first time. As you may know, Haiti is a French-speaking country where the best stars of the French song were well known and broadcasted on radio stations . During the heyday of the French song in Haiti’s time, the songs of Edith Piaf were hummed on the lips of old and were taken up by several musical groups in Haiti.

One of her famous songs "La vie en rose"

 

Edith Piaf was surrounded by good composers and lyricists who made remarkably unforgettable pieces of music. Her songs were also interpreted and inserted into potpouris boleros by Haitian musicians or singers with more or less success. Proof that the famous Edith Piaf was not limited only in Europe.

In this fiftieth anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf, HCC honors the memory of this great star of the romantic song with our childhood in the past. 

Briefly said, Edith Piaf lived a controversial life. The artist lived in conflict with the moral values ​of Catholicism, because of her divorce and her sex life " tumultuous " according to the Catholic Church at the time who refused to grant her a religious funeral. L'Osservatore Romano , the Vatican newspaper , wrote after her death she lived in a "state of public sin " and was an " idol of prefabricated happiness ." However , the chaplain of the theater and music , the father Thouvenin Villaret , personally gave her a final blessing at her funeral. Indeed, a huge crowd of tens of thousands of fans gave her a last tribute throughout the route of the procession through Paris , boulevard Lannes to the cimetery of Père-Lachaise , where she was buried .



Grave of Edith Piaf



Among her lovers include Paul Mérisse Eddy Constantine , Yves Montand , Louis Dupont and her great love was the boxer Marcel Cerdan , a handsome man , a champion of Franco-Moroccan world , married and father of three children who died tragically in plane in 1949, when he was coming to New York to join her . For him, she wrote some time ago the prescient " Hymne à l'amour " (" If one day life tears me you ..." ) . She did not recover from this loss , guilt for having to bring his boxer lover in Paris on the fateful day . This is the only man I ever loved, she said. Even during Marcel Cerdan Lifetime, Edith Piaf maintained romantic relationships alternating links and breaks with the singer Jean- Louis Jaubert and actor John Garfield ..

Edith Piaf sprayed " all records of seduction, passion, suffering, madness , provocations , drifts " with the song " Hymn to Love " writes Robert Belleret in his recent biography " Piaf, a French myth " . It is reported that she had also courted Georges Moustaki and Charles Aznavour with whom she sang a duet song " Bluer than your eyes ."

Theo Sarapo singing a duet with E. Piaf in 1962



Théo Sarapo, the late husband of Edith Piaf , was the second and last husband of Edith Piaf. He was 26 when he married Piaf who was 46, a year before the death of the latter. He sang in duet with her in 1962 a song later a  hit entitled  À quoi ça sert l'amour (What's the point of love). 28 August 1970 , Theo dies at age 34 , he succumbed from his injuries after his car had hit a plane at high speed to the approximate height of the Chateau de la Rue in France . He was buried  at Père -Lachaise cimetary alongside Edith Piaf.

This   French song  diva continues until today to charm Haitian souls often where our artists like featuring  her works in their repertoire. Obviously, by comparison, contemporary composers do not have and will never have the wit to write lyrics to the size of the works of Edith Piaf . Currently , the songs worked well and pleasing to the ear are rare and this may be the reason for reversal of his former success of yesteryear . For over 20 years , "La vie en rose" still ranks among the 10 French songs that generate the most copyright internationally . With "La mer" by Charles Trenet, Comme d’habitude "As usual " by Claude François and Feuilles mortes" Dead Leaves" by Yves Montand , the most famous Piaf as part of the very exclusive club of songs become standards in the world whole .

Plus bleu que tes yeux  (Charles Aznavour & Edith Piaf)

          
           MDW-AZNAVOUR PIAF-Plus bleu que tes yeux by les_pp

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death ( already , as time flies! ), Whether we like her or not, this singer and actress  cannot leave anyone indifferent ... Fifty years after her death , her songs are still as more wonderful and mythical .

By: Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com

 

Tony Moise, a piece of Haitian music is gone ...

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By: Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com

Tony Moise

The news of the death of Tony Moise felt like a cold shower last week. Indeed, this great star who contributed to the empowerment of the Haitian musical universe succumbed following a cardiovascular complication in a hospital in New York Friday, August 30th, 2013 . He was 72 years old when he passed .

Anthony Moise, or Tony for short, was a band leader as well as Shleu Shleu 's first saxophonist- one of the first mini- Haitian Jazz groups. This young group was formed on December 25, 1965 by a group of students of Bas Peu de Chose in Port -au- Prince , Haiti.

In 1965 among a variety of groups with different tempos : compas direct, cadence rampa , ambatonèl , ballad, traditionèl, raboday, yanvalou, Ibo etc. ... that characterized the era, a group of young musicians decided to create another Haitian musical style . With Hugues " Dada " Djakaman a Syrian native as a Manager and impressario, this musical group and a simple rhythmic style took less than five years to bring a new inspiration that will soon debunk the prestige of the old tenors bands in the music industry of that time .

These young musicians originated from two different musical groups: "Manfoubins of Bas Peu de Chose" and Lorenceau's brothers, are those who gave birth later to Shleu-Shleu and they remained officially the first mini- Haitian Jazz .

December 22, 1965 - Dada Jacaman's Shleu-Shleu are born

As a reminder for the history, the "Manfoubins" group were originally composed of brothers Jean and Fred Jean- Baptiste, Serge Rosenthal, Leon Millien, Edouard " Doudou " Crêvecoeur , Charles Peddy, who later merged with Saint Clovis Louis, Hans " Gwo Bebe " Milot Toussaint and Tony Moise from "Brothers Lorenceau" group. 

While playing with the Manfoubins, Tony Moise appeared initially as guitarist, maintaining the same position before in other bands. But he had later become the saxophonist of the group after developing his skill of this instrument which he had previously brought as infancy. Therefore, it was the beginning of a great and rich musical career, later renamed under the name of Shleu-Shleu by the impresario Dada Djakaman.

Nemours Jean King Baptiste, the creator of the Compas direct was the first at Cabane Choucoune where Shleu-Shleu played for the first time, naming them as a " mini Jazz", because this group had a limited number of musicians and during that time the musical bands or Jazz had at least fifteen musicians.

The Shleu-Shleu indeed were equipped only with an alto saxophonist , two guitarists, a bass guitarist , a drummer, a bongo and tam tam player as basic instrumentalist.

It must also be said that the term "mini" * reflected also a reference to the mode of "mini - skirt ( mini-jupe ) at the time, Haiti imported it into the second half of the 60s under the leadership of north American stylist Mary Quint, who spread her famous inventions " miniskirt " (mini-jupe), compared to the "Maxi " (long dress gala ).

Let's revive one of Shleu-Shleu's hit in video

 

These new conquerors playing a cool and catchy dance music, that quickly conquered the Youths then not recognized themselves in the music of the big bands of the era, such as the Jazz des jeunes, the compas of Nemours Jean- Baptiste, the cadence rampa of Webert Sicot , to name a few... And for five years they will hold high the pavement, burning two great albums with hit songs such as Ti Carme, Dans la vie,, Alfredo , Haiti my country , knit , my doll , Haiti land of sun , Devinez etc ... These tubes heralded the rise of a new generation and a new musical era.  Meanwhile, other bands of the same style and same formula had arose in the country. 

So, we, old or young generation , near or far, have seen Tony evolve and conquer with the Shleu Shleu the heart of Haitian youth , all social classes mixed. This music generation is also ours because it had also rocked our adolescence.

Who did not fall in love during one day, one night, by dancing to the songs of, Ti- Cam, Solange at Boutilliers or elsewhere or by listening to the languid notes of the saxophonist Tony Moise?
How many of us have not met their first loves, first kisses exchanged, lived an idyllic and unforgettable moment with a melody of Shleu-Shleu in Cabane Choucoune, Ibo- Lele, Villa Creole, or during one of those party nights at the Rond-Point Night Club, at the "Cité de l’Exposition" in the Bicentenaire mall.

Serge Rosenthal


Music lovers would remember for a long time this singer, troubadour, this very skilled saxophonist and composer of charm ...
Serge Rosenthal , guitarist of the band revealed to the media: " Tony was a very skilled saxophonist, a distinguished talent. He is noted for his melodies and compositions. He and I made a beautiful pipe. How can we forget the last time we played together ? That was in 2009 in Haiti and Miami ... "
"The disappearance of the singer, guitarist, saxophonist and composer of the remarkable talent, surprises us and tears the heart of Haiti Connection Network. This maestro, who for many years suffered from heart problems, continued despite all through the social networks by reviving us of the delight of his beautiful compositions of the original Shleu-Shleu very well maintained by his dexterity on the saxophone. He posted on Youtube several videos recorded during his party night dances here in the United States or either in studios. We followed him regularly and savored with delight his legendary compositions.
Tony's departure will leave without no doubt, a gaping void in the Haitian music Industry. This is a piece of Haitian music of the 1960/1970 that's gone with him. He is also a musician with his peers of Shleu-Shleu, one of the mordernizers of Compas Direct . They are definitely the pioneers of another musical trend in the 60's decade in Haiti .
Tony Moise , you left us , but your music will survive for generations to come, because good music, they say rightly, is timeless.

by: Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com

Let's listening to a nice collection of folk songs arranged and interpreted by Tony Moise

 

 

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Spotlight on Jérémie: History, memories and reminiscences

Original French Version is available...

By Herve Gilbert

Sarodj Bertin 

We are on the eve of St-Louis, the celebration of the Saint patron of Jérémie , the annual rendezvous for traditional Jérémiens living in Haiti and abroad. St. Louis has been the most celebrated day of the year. It is also the commemoration of love, filled with vacationers and a good excuse to splurge like excessive drink etc 

Urban, men, women and children, villagers, tourists and foreign visitors from the capital, takes a part in this festivity and celebrates it with great fervor. I reminisce about the traditional dance parties at Versailles Night Club and Stella Night Club, where wearing a suit was required. Some men who did not have a suit would even have to look for a jacket to wear sometimes "beneath the mattress". On the evening of St. Louis Day, all the men should be "bwòdè Chelbè" (well dressed). Today, this is no longer the same tradition. You can take part in this celebration wearing casual clothing and sandals...things have changed a lot ... 

Procession of St Louis - Click to enlarge the picture

St. Louis is a Christian holiday marked by the great mass on August 25, preceded or followed by a procession in the afternoon. On that day, the interior of the cathedral of the city is decorated in all its splendor. St. Louis is also a political party marked by a Te Deum, a military, and a student parade through the city. It's also a celebration of the God "Agwe" ​​in which sailors and fishermen from the sea organize the water festival.

The festivity of St. Louis usually starts on Aug. 15, at Numéro Deux, the day of the Assumption, and continues for 10 days during which the city experiences different activities compared to the other months of the year. We want to recognize the pilgrims, the tourists from all over the world who travel on this occasion to reunite with family and friends scattered throughout the world. Their participation in St-Louis must bring some positive contributions to this city that we say is still cherished .. To be honest, this is exactly what the city of Jérémie needs.

Monsignor Michel Decoste, Diocesan Bishop of Jeremie

Now, let's take a journey through time to revisit the history of Jérémie during which you will learn some of its histories and revive some memories and reminiscences with a nostalgic Jérémien.

This year brings the 257th anniversary of the founding of Jérémie, the City of Poets (1756 - 2013). Jérémie is located at the extreme tip of the southern peninsula. It is the capital of the department of Grand Anse. At the end of the 20th century, the area of ​​the city and its surroundings was 455 km2. The department of Grand Anse had about 95,144 inhabitants.

Where did the name Jérémie which was attributed to the metropolis of Grand Anse come from? Until 1756, Jérémie was called "Old Village of Grand Anse" (Vieux Bourg), a small town located in Testas. In 1754, following a hurricane that ravaged the (Vieux Bourg), Old Bourg, and the English pirates who raided the town two years later, the residents decided to rebuild the town and transport it elsewhere. A little further from Testas, there was an old French fisherman named Jérémie, who was already settled in the area and the people of (Vieux Bourg) Old Town decided to join him. Thus, the Old Village of Grand Anse was relocated and renamed in the name of Jérémie. Due to its geographical location in relation to (Windward Passage) Jérémie is one of the main targets of inclement weather.

Jérémie and its contrasts

Many hurricanes and cyclones have swept and devastated the region causing a lot of damages, for example:
 1-The hurricane of September 28, 1873.
 2-The one of September 12, 1875
 3-The hurricane of 1935 that swept the first bridge of Grand'Anse
 4-The Hurricane Hazel who brushed it severely on October 11, 1954
 5-The cyclone of 1958 known as Ella
 6-The Hurricane Flora, which tore the roof of the Hospital Saint Antoine
 7- Cléo that struck in October 1964
 8- In Hurricane Cleo there were 192 victims
 9- On August 5th, 1980, Hurricane Allen

10- The second to last hurricane to hit Jérémie was Gordon in1994.
11- October 4, 2016:  Hurricane Matthew swept the Great South in a day. Damage, loss of life, property and property are enormous. Hurricane Matthew took almost all the sheet metal roofing houses out. The Grande-Anse area was virtually cut off from the rest of the world. Until now, a comprehensive review of losses has not yet been presented. The department has gone back more than 50 years back.

The "Estimé Bridge" was inaugurated in 1950

The "Estimé Bridge"( left)was inaugurated in 1950, following the destruction in 1935 of the first bridge over the Grand Anse. Jérémiens under the age of 50 have never heard of the destruction and have never seen a picture. Also, they have never heard of the flood of 1935 which killed at sea, several hundreds of people. The old iron bridge was built during the reign of Hyppolite.

As an open parentheses, without a shadow of a doubt, Jérémie has also produced men and women of great value and who have distinguished themselves at all view points: political, literary, artistic or religious.

François Denis Légitime

Closer to home, we note that the former president of Haiti François Denis Légitime was a Legitimate jérémien born in Testas. Furthermore, among the many members of Congress and senators who have represented Jérémie we cannot ignore Me Garoute Augustus, Marc Antoine, and especially Herman Jérome who played a large role in the revolution of 1946 and who has always been distinguished by his bright and energetic interventions in the Parliament.

A partial view of the Dumas square in Jérémie

To close the parenthesis, let us note that in the current government of Haiti, six jérémiens occupies ministerial portfolios, without to mention ministers Serge Fourcand, Verrier, Bernard Bontemps who originated from Jeremie and who also served as ministers in recent governments. However, we must not forget the potomitan named Max Dorismond; an outstanding writer who dedicated his pen to the welfare of his native city. He has never ceased to challenge these congeners to sit for a constructive dialogue to get Jérémie out of its torpor.

Mgr.Guy Sansaricq

We must note with great pleasure that the first bishop of the Haitian American Catholic Church and the first black to reach such a position in the Diocese of Brooklyn is a native of Jérémie. His name is Bishop Guy Sansaricq.

We must also mention the role of jérémiennes in the Congregation of the Daughters of Wisdom. To begin with, the parish of Jérémie will celebrate 135 years and the first religious of this congregation of Jérémie was born sister Virginia Chass.

Also, it is with great pride that I mention the youngest Provincial that was responsible for the Congregation of Wisdom in Haiti was a Jérémienne: in this case Sister Anne of Wisdom born Leonid Joseph was the first black nun named Superior General of the Congregation in the world and was a Jérémienne. She resides in Rome. This is Sister Ludovique Marc.

The ferry-boat 'Trois Rivières", the coaster which sails between
Jérémie and Port-au-Prince                                                        

Thanks to its climate, the region of Jérémie produces an abundance of nutritious fruits and a large quantity of food supplies such as bananas, yams, (the tree-real or real-lam) ... etc. Despite the lack of an adequate road network, the department of Grand Anse was once the breadbasket of Port-au-Prince. Our food production was distributed in the capital with a deficient cabotage service, often affected by Nordés * who always disabled trade "Madan Sara".

According to some historians, the proposal for the first town was developed by Desnoyelle who was a surveyor. A new plan was later presented in 1760 by the Surveyor Vaudreuil Laporte and the first buildings began in Fontaine Mangot. Boncy the family would be among one of the first families listed in Jérémie. The first streets were the "Rue de la Marine and Commerce Streetz" which became the Grande Rue - The Street Philosopher, now St. Augustine Fund - The Street Philanthropists which today is rue Eugène Margon.

 Partial view of  Jérémie bay -  Click on photo to enlarge.

Another historical remark to note is the 1800s runaway slave who became commander of the Anse d'Hainault and who was the general of the native army during the War of Independence. We want to talk about Jean-Baptiste said Terrier Goman, a son of Grand Anse native of Beaumont. The barracks of Jeremie or the current district police of the city of Jérémie and parade one time "Dumas Place" since its inception in the late 19th century now named Goman. A name change was made between 2002 and 2003 when the local leaders decided to erase the name of Alexandre Dumas the son of General Dumas without a memorial in this rather historic site since the first had been born in Latibolière (a suburb of Jeremie).

Sons and daughters as well as those of the USA, Canada, and France who choose their hometown to live peacefully in their retirement years.

Also, it is with great pride that I mention the youngest Provincial that was responsible for the Congregation of Wisdom in Haiti was a Jérémienne: in this case Sister Anne of Wisdom born Léonide Joseph was the first black nun named Superior General of the Congregation in the world and was a Jérémienne. She resides in Rome. This is Sister Ludovique Marc.

Thanks to its climate, the region of Jérémie produces an abundance of nutritious fruits and a large number of food supplies such as bananas, yams, (the tree-real or real-lam) ... etc. Despite the lack of an adequate road network, the department of Grand'Anse was once the breadbasket of Port-au-Prince, the Capital of Haïti. Our food production was distributed in the capital with a deficient cabotage service, often affected by Nordés * which also affected the trade of the "Madan Sara".

Aerial view of the town of Jeremie. Click on the photo to enlarge

According to some historians, the proposal for the first town was developed by Desnoyelle who was a surveyor. A new plan was later presented in 1760 by the Surveyor Vaudreuil Laporte and the first buildings began in Fontaine Mangot. Boncy the family would be among one of the first families listed in Jeremie. The first streets were drawn: - The Rue de la Marine and Commerce Street which became the Grande Rue - The Street Philosophe, now called Fond  Augustin - The Street Philanthrope which today is rue Eugène Margon.

All visitors arriving for the first time in Jérémie, this inspiring city's picturesque landscape put them in a wonder ... Whether the blue sea of ​​Anse d'Azur with its lapping waves, or the bright red sun on the horizon announcing the dawn, or the green fields that always exude spring. Everything leads us to daydream and it is understandable why many jérémiens let themselves dive into this kind as to join the board of Lamartine "but nature is inviting you and loves you ...

Another historical remark to note is the 1800s runaway slave who became commander of the Anse d'Hainault and who was the general of the native army during the War of Independence. We want to talk about Jean-Baptiste said Terrier Goman, a son of Grand 'Anse native of Beaumont. The barracks of Jérémie or the current district police of the city of Jérémie and parade one time "Dumas Place" since its inception in the late 19th century now named Goman. A name change was made between 2002 and 2003 when the local leaders decided to erase the name of Alexandre Dumas the son of General Dumas without a memorial in this rather historic site since the first had been born in Latibolière (a suburb of Jeremie).

Sons and daughters as well as those of the USA, Canada and France who choose their hometown to live peacefully in their retirement years.

By : Herve Gilbert herve.gilbert@gmail.com

Herve Gilbert

* Nordé or Nordet: wind blowing over the Bay of Jeremie in the north-east from time to time, causing rough seas, often dangerous for boat cabotage

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The great mass of the holy patron of the cathedral of Jeremiah, August 25, 2015

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