Displays of quiet dignity in Port-au-Prince
Many citizens of the ravaged city of Port-au Prince are "amazingly stoic," according to Bill Coltart, a paramedic from British Columbia.
Many citizens of the ravaged city of Port-au Prince are "amazingly stoic," according to Bill Coltart, a paramedic from British Columbia.
Read the article at: http://www.nationalpost.com/Displays%20quiet%20dignity%20Port%20Prince/2501856/story.html
From this article:
"The Haitians have been buoyed by their faith.
I heard the evidence on the last four nights of my assignment, when I slept at the home of a Port-au-Prince couple whose house stood undamaged by the earthquake.
It was only a few dozen metres from the fairways of the Petionville Club, the city's private golf course, where 50,000 homeless people had set up camp. By day, the spot was a portrait of misery, with people lacking latrines and deprived of even basic medical care. But every morning at 4:30 a.m., in the pre-dawn darkness before even the roosters started to crow, I woke up to a chorus of melody. People were praying in a call-and-response style that rose and fell in a rhythm similar to field chants during the slave era.
"HALLELUJAH, hallelujah. HALLELUJAH, hallelujah."
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