Haiti has a vast and diverse cultural heritage, drawing from French, Spanish and African traditions as well as its Caribbean island culture. The 2010 earthquake profoundly affected daily life in Haiti, not to mention tourism, but the country's rituals, traditions and celebrations continue to thrive. Many people associate Haiti with its voodoo beliefs and practices, which do not typically incorporate tourists.
On Jan. 31, 2011, Besse Cooper was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living person on earth. Cooper (nee NÃ©e Besse Berry) brown was born On august, 26, 1896 In Sullivan, County., tenn and moved To, Between., ga in 1917 at age. 21
Friends of an Uzbekistani woman who died this week claim she was the world's oldest person ever having reached the age of 135. Tuti Yusupova's friends claim both her birth certificate and passport prove she was born on July 1, 1880. They now want the Guinness Book of Records to document that achievement. The current record holder is French woman Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she died in 1997. Friends of Tuti Yusupova, pictured, who died this week claim she was the world's oldest person aged 135.