Lakou Trankil
by BélO · 2006 · rasin, twoubadou · 4:30 · Haitian Creole, French
“Lakou Trankil” asks for a quiet yard — and in Haiti the word lakou carries far more than a physical space. It names a way of living together. BélO, whose name is Jean Bélony Murat, from Croix-des-Bouquets, gives the idea a rasin and twoubadou form running four minutes and thirty seconds. The 2006 official video holds the track at an acoustic scale where the words can be heard. Asking for quiet is not a simple request once you know what a lakou is.