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
The oldest person in the world also is America's oldest person. The daughter of sharecroppers who witnessed the Civil War, Gertrude Weaver was born in southwest Arkansas near the border with Texas and was married in 1915, according to the Associated Press.n fact, the three oldest people in the world, as documented by the Guinness Book of Records, are Americans. Joining Weaver, who lives in Arkansas, are Michigan's Jeralean Talley and New York City's Susannah Mushatt Jones.