While the team and I were waiting for Church to begin, on our first Sunday in Terre Blanche, a Ra Ra band came through town. Here is what I wrote at the time...

While we were waiting for church to begin, we had a rare treat, a Ra Ra band came through town. Ra Ra bands are voodoo followers, who parade around playing loud music to "distract" the Christians. In Port au Prince, these bands are sometimes accompanied by scantily (or not at all) dressed women ... Now, that's distracting! Janan, who has been coming to Terre Blanche for over 10 years, has never seen a Ra Ra band come through town. The drums were painted red and blue, appropriate voodoo colors, some of the men were playing large, PVC pipes, and the horns were long metal tubes with funnels welded to the ends. There were also metal, welded "maracas" and a boy carrying a large symbol over his shoulder while another boy banged on it with a drumstick. The band marched and played through town, stopping in front of the compound gate, circling a few times, and carried on up the hill.

Here are the photographs of the band, enjoy!