Monday, November 2. The Day of the Dead celebrations continue in Pétion-Ville. Despite the security crisis, die-hard fans have flooded the streets. While some have headed to clubs to celebrate the dead or unwind, others gathered in Place Boyer, outdoors, to watch the performance of the play Lakou by the National Theater of Haiti. This multi-act staging is directed by Yves Penel and Jean Kelly Damus.

As planned, the show begins at sunset. The set is revealed to the audience: a lakou. In the center, a poto mitan, here ti chèz ba, over there a mortar and traditional children's games. The singing of field birds can be heard, those multiple voices that greet the day. These melodious songs weave a golden thread between the sleeping earth and the vast sky.