Music Appreciation

ornotna

(10,806 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:20 PM Sep 2019

Tonton Macoute-Tonton Macoute. Full album

Found this browsing around. Enjoy.

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Tonton Macoute-Tonton Macoute. Full album (Original Post) ornotna Sep 2019 OP

Strange name for an album. Ton ton Macoute were they not Haitia dictator applegrove Sep 2019 #1

Strange name for a group ornotna Sep 2019 #2

That is the name of the band? Very weird. Maybe they are Haitian applegrove Sep 2019 #3

Not Haitian ornotna Sep 2019 #4

They were Papa Doc's special police ornotna Sep 2019 #5

Exactly. applegrove Sep 2019 #6

The tontons macoute were Duvalier's thugs. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #7

applegrove

(118,765 posts)

1. Strange name for an album. Ton ton Macoute were they not Haitia dictator

Reply to ornotna (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:26 PM

Sep 2019

police?

ornotna

(10,806 posts)

2. Strange name for a group

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:32 PM

Sep 2019

considering what it represents.

applegrove

(118,765 posts)

3. That is the name of the band? Very weird. Maybe they are Haitian

Reply to ornotna (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:34 PM

Sep 2019

musicians and they want to own what scares them most?

ornotna

(10,806 posts)

4. Not Haitian

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:38 PM

Sep 2019

English I think, wouldn't swear to it.

ornotna

(10,806 posts)

5. They were Papa Doc's special police

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:40 PM

Sep 2019

Brutal thugs.

applegrove

(118,765 posts)

6. Exactly.

Reply to ornotna (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:43 PM

Sep 2019

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

7. The tontons macoute were Duvalier's thugs.

Reply to ornotna (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:00 PM

Sep 2019

The name tonton macoute literally means Uncle sack, and refers to the bad man in the fairy story who takes away the children who misbehave.

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