Chaque 1er janvier, les Gona\u00efves redeviennent, le temps de quelques heures, le centre symbolique de la nation ha\u00eftienne. Ville de la proclamation de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance de 1804, elle incarne l\u2019acte fondateur d\u2019Ha\u00efti et de la libert\u00e9 noire dans le monde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pourtant, au-del\u00e0 des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies officielles et des discours protocolaires, une question persiste : o\u00f9 est la grande c\u00e9l\u00e9bration populaire \u00e0 la hauteur de cet h\u00e9ritage ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aux Gona\u00efves, le carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance reste une id\u00e9e absente, un projet jamais r\u00e9ellement concr\u00e9tis\u00e9, alors qu\u2019il pourrait devenir l\u2019un des \u00e9v\u00e9nements culturels majeurs du pays. Pour les Artiboniciens, cette absence repr\u00e9sente un vide culturel difficilement justifiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Une m\u00e9moire c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e sans le peuple ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La comm\u00e9moration de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance aux Gona\u00efves est souvent marqu\u00e9e par un cadre formel, institutionnel, parfois \u00e9loign\u00e9 de la population. Or, l\u2019histoire de 1804 est avant tout celle d\u2019un peuple debout, d\u2019une lutte collective port\u00e9e par les masses. La culture populaire, musique, danse, carnaval, art de rue est l\u2019un des moyens les plus puissants pour transmettre cette m\u00e9moire aux nouvelles g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Un carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance permettrait de r\u00e9concilier l\u2019histoire avec le v\u00e9cu quotidien des habitants. Il offrirait une sc\u00e8ne aux bandes \u00e0 pied, aux groupes traditionnels, aux artistes urbains et aux artisans locaux pour raconter l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance autrement : en sons, en couleurs et en symboles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u2019Artibonite face \u00e0 une opportunit\u00e9 manqu\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dans d\u2019autres r\u00e9gions du pays, les carnavals constituent de v\u00e9ritables moteurs culturels et \u00e9conomiques. Aux Gona\u00efves, l\u2019absence d\u2019un carnaval structur\u00e9 autour du 1er janvier prive la ville et l\u2019Artibonite d\u2019une opportunit\u00e9 de rayonnement national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Un carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance attirerait des visiteurs, stimulerait l\u2019\u00e9conomie locale et cr\u00e9erait des espaces d\u2019expression pour une jeunesse souvent rel\u00e9gu\u00e9e \u00e0 la marge. Il renforcerait \u00e9galement l\u2019identit\u00e9 culturelle artibonicienne, trop souvent \u00e9clips\u00e9e dans les grands r\u00e9cits culturels nationaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Culture, m\u00e9moire et responsabilit\u00e9 publique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La question du carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance renvoie plus largement aux politiques culturelles en Ha\u00efti. Pourquoi la ville symbole de la libert\u00e9 ne b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie-t-elle pas d\u2019un \u00e9v\u00e9nement culturel populaire d\u2019envergure nationale ? La responsabilit\u00e9 est partag\u00e9e entre les autorit\u00e9s locales, les institutions culturelles, l\u2019\u00c9tat central et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La culture ne doit pas \u00eatre per\u00e7ue comme un luxe, mais comme un outil de coh\u00e9sion sociale, d\u2019\u00e9ducation citoyenne et de d\u00e9veloppement. Instituer un carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance aux Gona\u00efves serait un acte politique fort, au sens noble du terme : reconna\u00eetre la culture comme un pilier de la m\u00e9moire nationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pour une Ind\u00e9pendance vivante et partag\u00e9e<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c0 l\u2019heure o\u00f9 le pays traverse de profondes crises sociales et identitaires, c\u00e9l\u00e9brer l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance par la culture populaire devient un acte de r\u00e9sistance. Les Gona\u00efves ne peuvent rester uniquement un lieu de souvenirs fig\u00e9s. Elles doivent redevenir un espace vivant de cr\u00e9ation, de f\u00eate et de transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Un carnaval de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance aux Gona\u00efves ne serait pas une simple festivit\u00e9 de plus, mais un symbole : celui d\u2019une m\u00e9moire qui appartient au peuple et qui se c\u00e9l\u00e8bre dans la dignit\u00e9, la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et la joie.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chaque 1er janvier, les Gona\u00efves redeviennent, le temps de quelques heures, le centre symbolique de la nation ha\u00eftienne. 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