Haiti's bus art for the football World Cup 2014

AP Published May 27, 2014
A painting of Portugal's football player Cristiano Ronaldo decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A painting of Portugal's football player Cristiano Ronaldo decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A painting of football stars decorate a tap-tap passenger bus at a garage where buses are built in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. From left to right are Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentina's Lionel Messi, Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Brazil's Neymar.
A painting of football stars decorate a tap-tap passenger bus at a garage where buses are built in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. From left to right are Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentina's Lionel Messi, Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Brazil's Neymar.
The mirror of a tap-tap passenger bus reflects a mural of Brazil's football player Neymar painted on the bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The mirror of a tap-tap passenger bus reflects a mural of Brazil's football player Neymar painted on the bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A painting of Argentina's football player Lionel Messi covers the back of a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A painting of Argentina's football player Lionel Messi covers the back of a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Haitian artist Saintus Dieunor uses a photograph as a guide to paint a mural of Thiago, the son of Argentina's football layer Lionel Messi, on the body of a tap-tap passenger bus at a garage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. – Photo by AP
Haitian artist Saintus Dieunor uses a photograph as a guide to paint a mural of Thiago, the son of Argentina's football layer Lionel Messi, on the body of a tap-tap passenger bus at a garage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. – Photo by AP
A mural of Argentina's football player Angel di Maria decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A mural of Argentina's football player Angel di Maria decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A tap-tap passenger covered by murals of football players makes its way through the Croix-des-Bouquets area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The murals from left to right are of Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Brazil's Daniel Alves and Brazil's Neymar. – Photo by AP
A tap-tap passenger covered by murals of football players makes its way through the Croix-des-Bouquets area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The murals from left to right are of Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Brazil's Daniel Alves and Brazil's Neymar. – Photo by AP
The Haiti license plate of a tap-tap passenger bus is surrounded by World Cup paintings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The brightly painted Haitian minibuses known as tap-taps are getting a bit more colorful in the lead up to the World Cup that starts in June in Brazil.
The Haiti license plate of a tap-tap passenger bus is surrounded by World Cup paintings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The brightly painted Haitian minibuses known as tap-taps are getting a bit more colorful in the lead up to the World Cup that starts in June in Brazil.
Murals of Spain's football player Xavi Hernandez, left, Argentina's Lionel Messi with his son Thiago, and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo decorate a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Murals of Spain's football player Xavi Hernandez, left, Argentina's Lionel Messi with his son Thiago, and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo decorate a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Several artists have spent hours in a Port-au-Prince bus garage, decorating the vehicles with the faces of their favorite football players, including Lionel Messi of Football Club Barcelona, who will play for his native Argentina in the tournament.

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Arisha G
May 27, 2014 07:00pm
so, truck/bus art is not native to Pakistan? these are interesting pictures.
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Saqib
May 29, 2014 08:29pm
@Arisha G Most things have a starting point, it was probably influenced by Pakistani truck art as the style appears so similar. But as you say it is interesting and beautiful.
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