bands who were practicing inside a studio that collapsed. Other musicians lost legs, arms and hands. They will not be able to play again. I do n't think we have time to think of Carnival, Lassegue said. Maybe when we are finished crying. Carnival's three days of deliverance and celebration has tremendous importance in the lives of Haitians, Lassegue said. But this year ? I do n't even remember when it is. Instead, the displaced are planning days of prayer. We 're living in a city that's like a cemetery, said Ronide Baduel, a nurse who lost her home and all her belongings in the quake. Her brother died and suddenly, she found herself far from her middle-class existence, relegated to a makeshift tent and burlap bags she uses for pillows at night. I had four good walls around me. Now I have four sheets, she said. She goes to work with a big, black faux-leather purse containing toothpaste, soap and a change of underwear. There, she can bathe properly. We do n't know how many days, how many months, how long we will be this way, she said. I am always stressed. It's like living in a jungle. How can I dance at Carnival ? Baduel and her tent community neighbors said the money that would have been spent on Carnival ought to be used to build housing. Nearby, the 44 members of Relax Band, who normally would be revving up their street performances in the days before Carnival,