Haitian carnival 2003

Haitian Carnival 2003

The float of the Haitian compas direct band Djakout Mizik, one of the most popular this year and covered with dozens of loudspeakers and fans, blasts the crowd in the traditional 'war of decibels' as it passes stands on Champs de Mars on the last night of Carnival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, March 4, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Haitians dressed as Africans and indigenous people dance to music played by DJ Gwo Lobo from his float during the Haitian Carnival parade uptown toward the National Palace on the second day of Haiti's three-day celebration in Port-au-Prince Monday, March 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Violence at the carnival, Monday, Mar. 3, 2003

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Theodore 'Lolo' Beaubrun, Jr., leader of the Haitian voodou rock band Boukman Eksperyans, is seen in his backyard in Petion-ville, Haiti, during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Carnival kings and queens, at Port-au-Prince City Hall.

A Haitian dressed as an indigenous person leads the Haitian Carnival parade uptown toward the National Palace on the second day of Haiti's three-day celebration in Port-au-Prince, on Monday, March 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Revelers dress like Africans.

Jacques Antoine, alias DJ Gwo Lobo, chants pro-government slogans and wears a T-shirt with a photo of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the slogan 'peace in the head, peace in the stomach' as his float leads the Haitian Carnival parade uptown toward the National Palace on the second day of Haiti's three-day celebration in Port-au-Prince Monday, March 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Police officers in plainclothes.