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The Taino/Arawak People

Who are the Taino?

The Arawak/Taino society was known for there friendliness, being a very gentle culture filled with happiness, and also their highly organized hierarchy. For each and every society of their people was a small kingdom. The leaders known as the Cacique were in charge of assigning daily work and to assure everyone had an equivalent share. The Cacique's family lived central of the village in a large house. The house was made up of mud, straw and palm leaves. The other villagers would normally live in smaller circular houses called Bohios; these homes were made of wooden poles, straw and palm leaves. The Arawak or Taino people would sleep either on banana leave sleeping mats or cotton hammocks.

The Arawak Indians were the largest tribe in the Caribbean in 1400’s. Their territory is spread throughout many islands in the Caribbean and some located in central America. The island of Hispaniola, which is now known as The Dominican Republic and Haiti, is home to a branch of Arawak tribe called the Taino Indians. The Taino Indians share the same language, culture, and religious beliefs as Arawak. The only difference between them is that the Taino specifically live in Hispaniola. The Taino Indians are the largest group of Arawak Indians that Live in one specific area.

Banana Mat

Beliefs

Artistic Symbols

Language

Moon: "The moon rises from the cave of Mautiatibuel (son of the dawn or god of daybreak) at dusk, to which the moon returns when the sun rises."

The taino people believed that after death, theirs souls will be accepted in their heaven called Coyaba, a place of peace and tranquility.

The taino language comes from Arawakan's of the Caribbean. It is commonly spoken in modern day Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

The Taino Indians were a polytheistic religious tribe with multiple Gods that they called Zemi. The Zemi's were objects/artifacts that carry a spiritual force or power. The Zemi were often representations made of wood, stone,shell,clay, cotton and also gold. They could be found in the shape of humans, animals such as the dog spirit Opiyelguobiran. The Cacique would organize the religious ceremonies; he being the one who communicates with the Zemi, would cleans himself by vomiting and smoking cohiba. It was believed that the Caciques could communicate directly with the spirits during a state of intoxication.

http://www.indio.net/taino/pdf/mythcuba.pdf

http://www.jnht.com/download/religion.pdf

Hunter: A person in charge of hunting for food for their Taino tribe. He was also the protector against the Caribe Indians.

Shaman: "A witch doctor who knew everything about plants, natural medicine, and herbs. He was also a priest and led the Cohoba and Batey religious rituals."

"When we teach our language to our children, we are teaching them more than words, we are teaching them about the profound things wrapped in these words that cannot be said any other way." -- Tekina-eiru' Maynard

http://www.prfdance.org/taino.dictionaries.htm

Food & Agriculture

The Taino Genocide

In Taino culture, everyone within the comunity, even the caciques and the shamans played a great role in the distribution of food. Some were fisherman, others would hunt, and some would plant and gather fruit.

Yucca was their most iportant crop. It was so important to the survival of the people that the Taino communities, themselves were called Yucayeques, meaning the place where yucca is grown.

The Taino or Arawak Genocide occured in 1492-1518, when the Spanish voyagers wiped out most of the Taino Indians. "According to an estimate, genocide and disease wiped out 3million of 3.5 of their people (85%). most already dead before smallpox arrived in 1518."

Yucca Plant

Who was columbus?

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in Italy.

Yucca fries

http://abagond.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-taino-genocide/

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