Festival Minokan 2025: Mache Bòde

Mache Bòde is about connecting together as a community. It reminds us that we cannot move through life alone, but that we rely on one another to uplift our shared humanity, to love and support one another.

For this year’s festival we will embody this unity by asking everyone to come dressed in white. We will sit all together to talk and eat Tyaka* in community.

WELCOME, HISTORY, TALKS

5 – 6 PM

Welcome, Guided Talk, Drum Demonstrations, Craft Activities

Talk with Mackenson and Marcus about how Haiti’s fight for Independnce can inspire us to care for one another today. Talks will be in Kryol with live English translation.

SEREMONI/ CEREMONY

6:30 – 8 PM

Presentation by Fanmi Asòtò. Gathering and ceremony around the sacred drum. Shared food and drink, followed by fireside vigil with song and drums.

*Tyaka (Haitian stew with bean, pumpkin, corn, and meat)

Festival Minokan is free to participate and all ages are welcome. Donations Welcome.