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Haiti News Media > Haiti News > Croix-des-Bouquets Croix-des-Bouquets Is A City In The Ouest Department Of Haiti. It Is Located 12.9 Kilometers (8 Miles) To The Northeast Of Haiti's Capital City, Port-au-Prince. Croix-des-Bouquets is a Northern Suburb in the Port-Au-Prince Metropolitan area.
Haiti is world famous for it's exuberant art, richly influenced by nature, history and religion, both Christian and Vodou.
The entire village of Croix des Bouquets is a good example of Haitian creativity - it resonates with the sounds of clanging and banging of the mallets and chisels in the process of transforming raw metal into stunning, and often haunting, iron sculptures.
Croix-des-Bouquets is home to such great Haitian sculptors as the late Georges Liautaud and Murat Brierre, the brothers Louisjuste, and Gabriel Bien-Aimé.
Wyclef Jean, an American rapper, producer, and member of the superstar hip hop trio The Fugees, known now for a series of high-profile hit singles, was born in Croix-des-Bouquets. Another great Haitian artist born in Croix des Bouquets is Belo
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