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Kita Nago: Walking Across Haiti for Unity

January 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
Kita Nago (Photo: Harry Nicolas/YouTube)

Kita Nago (Photo: Harry Nicolas/YouTube)

The Geo Quiz takes us to Haiti this time, where an unusual event is taking place.

It’s a combination flashmob, religious pilgrimage, and parade, called Kita Nago.

But what exactly is this Kita Nago? And where’s it going?

Participants say they’re walking across Haiti, from the western tip of Haiti’s southern peninsula, all the way to the country’s northeast corner.

Their goal is to reach a city along the border with the Dominican Republic.

Can you name that city?

Well, the final destination of this pilgrimage is a Haitian city called Oanaminthe. Journalist Kathie Klarreich says all along the way Kita Nago is generating a buzz as thousands and thousands of people including politicians, dancers, musicians, and locals join in to be part of a new ritual that symbolizes national unity.


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5 comments for “Kita Nago: Walking Across Haiti for Unity”

  • http://twitter.com/MmedeSevigne Marjorie

    Kombite…

  • Maguana

    The term Kita nago came from the proverbe”  Yon pa kita, yo pa nago” which means “I am going no where, I am staying here”.  The nagos were one of the first group of negros imported from african coasts to Haiti, with the Ibos, the Congos…
    The man who initiated the movement calls himself “Fey Vet” which means “Green Leaf” to symbolize the reforestation of Haiti.  When the group reaches their destination, they plant small grees in that county and they move on to another county until they reach Ouanaminthe the border between Haiti and DR.

  • Maguana

    The term Kita nago came from the proverbe”  Yon pa kita, yo pa nago” which means “I am going no where, I am staying here”.  The nagos were one of the first group of negros imported from african coasts to Haiti, with the Ibos, the Congos…The man who initiated the movement calls himself “Fey Vet” which means “Green Leaf” to symbolize the reforestation of Haiti.  When the group reaches their destination, they plant small grees in that county and they move on to another county until they reach Ouanaminthe the border between Haiti and DR.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jean.mauger.58 Jean Mauger

    si vreman nou ka fe sa nan moman sa nou ayisyen nou ka fe tou les bagay wi gade deviz nou se l’union fait la force men nan men na va rive, si nou ka sot lesziwa pou’n rive ouanaminthe a pye sa’n panse blan yo ka pe nou tout bon vre wi nou te fe chimen liberasyon neg yo nou ka fe yo fe yon pa kita ak tout yon pa nago se yon konbit paske’n se ayisen

  • http://www.facebook.com/jean.mauger.58 Jean Mauger

    si vreman nou ka met men ansanm pou’n soti depi leziwa pou’n rive ouanaminthe sa montre nou menm ayisyen nou kapab fe tou les bagay, saw we deviz nou se l’union fait la force nou fe chimen liberasyon an 1804 anpil mou’n te panse nou pa tap fe yon pakita yon pa nago boooom 2013 men nou anko nap fe yon pa kita yon pa nago jis ka ouanaminthe ala nou menm sa papa Ayisyen huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!