Papa Gede (Bel Gason)- Naïka Cover

Very excited to finally release something like this! So glad to be able to perform a song that portrays my Haitian culture and deep love and connection with Haiti. It is a land of sunshine, amazing music creativity and artistic talent on every level. Hope you enjoy our version of Papa Gede. This is the story of Lumane Casimir, who moves to Port au Prince from a small province in Haiti to find a job. Her beautiful singing voice becomes known by many. The song says that if the rainbow could sing it would sing like her, that when she would sing birds would stop flying just to listen to her. She eventually gets very sick and is left alone to die of tuberculosis. When she passes away, on the day of her funeral people swear they could hear her singing in the blowing wind. Her voice was so strong it remained in people’s hearts and minds to this day. After Lumane’s story, the song goes on to talk about Papa Gede, the Gede (or spirit) of the dead in Haitian voodoo traditions. A huge thanks to each and eve