{
  "name": "Haitian Music",
  "description": "Encompasses the styles of music developed by the Haitian people.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/haitian-music/",
  "parent": "French Caribbean Music",
  "level": "sub-3",
  "children_count": 8,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Cadence rampa",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cadence-rampa/",
      "description": "Developed in parallel with Compas, based on Méringue with a stronger Cuban influence.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Compas",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/compas/",
      "description": "Popular genre from Haiti, updating the older Méringue style with influences from Mambo and Jazz.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Haitian Vodou Drumming",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/haitian-vodou-drumming/",
      "description": "Form of rhythmic performance by Haitian Vodou practitioners, played at associated ceremonies.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Méringue",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/meringue/",
      "description": "Haitian genre that dates back to the early 19th century; the roots of Compas.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rabòday",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/raboday/",
      "description": "Fast-paced rhythm inspired by Rara, with Electronic instrumentation and humorous sexual and political lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rara",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rara/",
      "description": "Derived from the Haitian Vodou Drumming tradition, often played at street festivals and carnivals and usually having celebratory or political lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rasin",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rasin/",
      "description": "Blends the highly rhythmic drumming of traditional Haitian Vodou music with Rock-influenced electric instrumentation such as guitar, keyboard, and bass.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Twoubadou",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/twoubadou/",
      "description": "Pastoral, often satirical Haitian style usually performed by small groups centered around the acoustic guitar.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Haitian Music"
    }
  ]
}