- published: 18 Mar 2016
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Hinche (Ench in Kréyòl) is a city in central Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who resisted the United States occupation of Haïti (1915-1934).
The majority of the population are of African descent with a small minority being French-African. The official religion is Roman Catholicism, but the constitution allows the free choice of religion. There are also many non Catholic Christian churches in the city and the surrounding communities. Groups, like the Haiti Endowment Fund (HEF) of Southern California send medical missionaries several times a year to provide medicines and basic healthcare. HEF has also helped build community churches. Some of the people also practice voodoo.
The cuisine is Créole, French, or a mixture of both. Créole cuisine is like other Caribbean cuisines, but more peppery. Specialties include griot (deep-fried pieces of pork), lambi (conch, considered an aphrodisiac), tassot (jerked beef) and rice with djon-djon (tiny, dark mushrooms). As elsewhere in the Caribbean, lobster is well-known here. A wide range of microclimates produces a large assortment of fruits and vegetables. Vegetarians will have a difficult time here, because pig fat is often used in food preparation, so even beans are to be avoided.
So many things are on your mind
You look troubled and scared to death
And the chores you missed on your very long list
That won't let you catch your breath.
I know we've had some hard times
But I won't let that get in your way
Before you cry tonight and get up tight
There's one thing that I'd like to say.
Honey hush, turn the lights down low
Don't push so hard
Leave our cares and woes
And won't you please
Let me lead you across the floor.
Honey hush, it'll be alright
Don't you think we should discuss
Oh, but not tonight
We can worry in the mornin'
But right now, Honey hush.
--- Instrumental ---
Things don't change very easy
It's like our whole world is falling apart
But this love we share shows how much we care
We're forever joined at the heart.
I believe that we will get through this
Though we don't rightly know what to do
If there's a will there's a way with these bills to pay
As long as I know I've got you.
Honey hush, turn the lights down low
Don't push to hard
Leave your cares and woe
And dance with me
Let me lead you across the floor.
Honey hush, It'll be alright
Don't you think we
Oh, but not tonight
We can worry in the mornin'
But right now, Honey hush.
We can worry in the mornin'
But right now, Honey hush.