Soup Joumou (Haitian Independence Soup) Soup Joumou will always mean more than food to me 🇭🇹🤍 Growing up in Haiti, every January 1st we gathered at my grandmother’s house to share this soup a symbol of freedom, family, and tradition. This recipe was taught to me by my aunt, and it’s truly one of the best soups I’ve ever had. I’m so grateful to carry her recipe forward and keep this tradition alive in my own kitchen. Simple ingredients, lots of love, and memories in every spoonful. | Discover

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When Haiti helped free South America, its influence didn’t just live in history books or monuments, did you know it is represented in the flags? Former Haitian president Alexander Petion aided, protected, and armed Simon Bolivar as he fought for independence from Spain. That support helped reignite a liberation movement that spread beyond Venezuela to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and beyond. In return, Haiti asked for just one thing and that is the abolition of slavery wherever freedom was won. Th

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#iamhaitianchallenge I am Haitian 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹 The Haitian New Year's Day tradition of soup joumou or pumpkin soup is said to date back to January 1, 1804, the day Haitian slave and revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti’s independence from its French colonizers. Haitian slaves were forbidden from drinking soup joumou. It was a delicacy reserved for their white masters. To celebrate Haiti's liberation, the soup became a symbol for freedom. When I’m drinking the soup, I f

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