Ekspozisyon entènasyonal bisantnè Pòtoprens

Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince se te yon ekspozisyon inivèsèl Ayiti te akeyi Pòtoprens (komin) an 1949 pou make 200 lane fondasyon vil la.
Kreyasyon
President Dumarsais Estimé argued in 1948 for an exposition to demonstrate Haitian culture to other countries and encourage tourism and committed $1 million (then almost three-quarters of Haiti's annual budget) to the project.

The fair opened on ground at the Gonave Bay which had been cleared of houses and landscaped with gardens, parks and tall coconut and palm trees

Seremoni d ouvèti
There were two opening ceremonies: the first on December 8, 1949 and the second on February 12, 1950.

During the first ceremony, a telegram from US president Harry S. Truman to Haitian president Dumarsais Estimé was read out, a parade of US soldiers and marines and a US Air Force squadron flew overhead, and the national exhibits and amusement area opened.

During the second ceremony, the international as well as the official pavilions were opened. Displays were on show from Argentina, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela, with Vatican City providing a chapel.

Atizay ak mizik
Te gen yon konkou atizay kote Gesner Abelard te ranpòte pri bwonz, epi  Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue lò. 

Marian Anderson, 
Alberto Beltran, 
Frantz Casseus, 
Celia Cruz, 
Miles Davis, 
Issa El Saeih, 
Dizzy Gillespie,
Ernst Lamy, 
Ti Ro Ro, 
La Scala singers, manm Grand National Opera New York,  Daniel Santos, Don Shirley
and Bebo Valdes te jwe nan ekspozisyon a. Super Jazz des Jeunes te sòti yon albòm pou make okazyon a ; « Volonté » se gen 3 plak, chak ak 2 konpozisyon sou yo. Pami atis ki te chante sou albòm nan te gen Othello Bayard, Lumane Casimir, Antalcidas Oreus Murat ak Jules Heraux. 

 Peyi patisipan 

Lamerik
Ajantin
Chili
Etazini
Gwatemala
Jamayik
Kanada
Kiba
Meksik
Pòtoriko
Venezwela

Ewòp
Bèljik
Espay
Frans
Itali
San Marino
Vatikan, yo te bati yon chapèl pou okazyon a.
Lazi
Liban
Palestin)
Siri 

Òganizasyon entènasyonal

 Òganizasyon Eta Ameriken
 Òganizasyon Nasyonzini

 Legacy
Following the close of the exposition many of the pavilions were used for Haitian Governmental Buildings.  The Pavilion of Haiti was converted into the Legislative Assembly Building.  The Post Pavilion became a post office.  The Guatemala Pavilion became the home of the Haiti Red Cross, and the Vatican Pavilion became a church.  The devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake laid waste to many buildings in Haiti including most of these exposition buildings including the Legislative Building, Red Cross, and Post Office.

References

External links
Official website of the BIE
 The International Exposition of Port-au-Prince 1949-50, by Hadassah St. Hubert. Retrieved 10 March 2013


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