Less than weeks before Haiti 's Carnival celebration , revelry replaced with mourning . People have celebrated Carnival through dictatorships , military dictatorship and democracy . ` ` I do n't even know when it is , '' Haiti ' says about the three - day festival .
Less than week before Haiti 's Carnival celebration , revelry replaced with mourning . Haitians have celebrated Carnival through dictatorships , military coups and bloodshed . `` I do n't even remember when it is , '' Haiti official says about upcoming three-day festival .