If there's one part about the tradition that stands out for Toussaint, it's how the soup brings the Haitian community together. Many households produce enough soup joumou to last a few days.

A mix of meat, vegetables, pasta and the squash for which it is named, Haitians enjoy joumou soup every January 1 to celebrate the new year and their country's independence.

For that reason, soup joumou is a yearly tradition for anyone with Haitian ancestry, marking the good luck for the New Year. My mother Marie and I enjoying the soup joumou we made together.

There are black-eyed peas and popping 12 grapes with every chime of the clock. Then there is pumpkin soup, or soup joumou (pronounced joo-moo) to be exact.

Haitians on Thursday celebrated U.N. cultural agency UNESCO'S declaration that the country's traditional pumpkin soup known as "soup joumou" is of intangible cultural value to humanity, a rare ...

Rose Felicien, 62, mashes baked pumpkin while preparing traditional soup joumou, in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.

Coat the squash/pumpkin in a bit of oil, spread out on a baking sheet, and roast in a 375 F oven until golden brown and tender (about 40 to 45 minutes). Simultaneously, in a separate pan, roast ...

Image | soup joumou Caption: 215 years after Haiti established its independence, a traditional kabocha squash-based dish called soup joumou remains a symbol of that triumph. (Antoni Nerestant/CBC) ...

But for many, 2022 will be different. Rosemene Dorceus cooks joumou soup in Port-au-Prince, a traditional meal on Haiti's national holidayAFP / Richard Pierrin ...

Mireille Lerebours serves traditional soup joumou at a restaurant in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A mix of meat, vegetables, pasta and the squash for which it is named, Haitians enjoy joumou soup every January 1 to celebrate the new year and their country's ...

A mix of meat, vegetables, pasta and the squash for which it is named, Haitians enjoy joumou soup every January 1 to celebrate the new year and their country's independence.