Konbit

Konbit (also spelled coumbite) is a Haitian Creole term for a traditional form of agricultural communal work, that has also taken on a broader sociopolitical meaning in Haiti similar to barn raising in North America.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Jennie M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLdcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |title=When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti |date=2018-05-31 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-1797-0 |pages=83-88 |language=en}} A related type of communal work is a kóve. The Spanish word "convite" is used in the Dominican Republic in a somewhat similar way.{{Cite book |last=Kohrt |first=Brandon A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmmTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT111 |title=Global Mental Health: Anthropological Perspectives |last2=Mendenhall |first2=Emily |date=2016-07-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-42803-1 |pages=111 |language=en}}

The term is used in the names of some Haitian and diaspora NGOs, and even of several Haitian political parties. It can also refer to a style of Haitian music and dance associated with work parties,{{Cite book |last=Daniel |first=Yvonne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Dp2fnno4ygC&pg=PA115 |title=Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé |date=2005 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07207-9 |pages=115 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Olsen |first=Dale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0XJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT249 |title=The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music |last2=Sheehy |first2=Daniel |date=2007-12-17 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-90007-6 |language=en}} possibly being a form of influence on Rara music,{{Cite book |last=Jong |first=Nanette de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gH2KEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |title=The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music |date=2022-08-04 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-38641-8 |language=en}} and the sense of solidarity has also been compared to that of hip-hop culture.{{Cite book |last=Bérubé |first=Julie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bh4ZEQAAQBAJ&pg=PT43 |title=Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Cultural Sector: Initiatives and Lessons Learned from Real-life Cases |last2=Dioh |first2=Marie-Laure |last3=Cuyler |first3=Antonio C. |date=2024-08-20 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |isbn=978-1-83753-036-6 |pages=43 |language=en}}