Rooted in Kreyòl cadence, Haitian sayings carry sun and storm in the same breath. They prize community over bravado, measure wealth in shared labor and laughter, and turn hardship into sly, salt-edged wisdom. Voices of maroons, market women, drummers, and elders braid history with everyday bread, faith threaded with doubt, tenderness with iron resolve. These words walk from the lakou to the shoreline, balancing memory like a calabash on the head: practical, poetic, unafraid to bless, tease, warn, and spark courage for the road ahead.
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