Rasin is a musical style that began in
Haiti in the 1970s when musicians began combining elements of traditional
Haitian Vodou ceremonial and folkloric music with
rock and roll. This style of modern music reaching back to the roots of Vodou tradition came to be called
mizik rasin ("roots music") in
Haitian Creole or
musique racine in
French. In context, the movement is often referred to simply as "rasin" or "racine"".