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1968

1968: The remains of former President Dumarsais Estimé were transferred to a shrine on the site of the Bicentenaire in a ceremony that included Vodou symbols.

1968: The remains of former President Dumarsais Estimé were transferred to a shrine on the site of the Bicentenaire in a ceremony that included Vodou symbols. Duvalier used the occasion to attack the ” occidentalism” of the mulatto elite and portray himself as Estimé’s true successor.

Source  ·  p. 235 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 235