A petroglyph is a carving done in a rock surface like a cave wall. Here youll discover information gathered from years of research. Algunas conocemos atabey, jokaku, cokie, etc, algunos nunca vamos a entender. Among the most striking artistic works were petroglyphs. Irving rousethe tainos free ebook download as pdf file. Civilizacion karibe, civilizaciones precolombinas, conquista america, conquistadores, cuba, rep. Taino, arawakanspeaking people who at the time of columbuss exploration inhabited what are now cuba, jamaica, hispaniola, puerto rico, and the virgin islands. Corn is not to my knowledge a common crop or food on the island of puerto rico. Indios tainos indicepuerto ricodatos y fotos,poblaciones. The use of feathers in the hair also makes me wonder about stereotypical representation of native people.
Taino petroglyphs on the rio blanco in puerto rico near naguabo. The two most prominent spirits where atabey the sea spirit and goddess of fresh water, fertility and the moon and yucahu the spirit of cassava the indians main crop. The taino culture held a great respect for all living things and honored them in the form of carvings cut into rocks, known as petroglyphs. The picture at right is a public barbecue in texas in the 1960s using pretty much the same method. Taino sun pintura decorativa, pinturas, petroglifos, isla bonita, islas, cultura.
Once the most numerous indigenous people of the caribbean, the taino may have numbered one or two million at the time of the spanish conquest. Then as now there were free barbecuers, mostly white but somehow their handiwork lacked a little of perfection. They became wellknown and feared throughout the region, and made occasional attacks against jamaica. In taino mythology, itiba cahubaba bloodied aged mother gives birth. Diccionario taino ilustrado diccionario, ilustraciones, prehistorico. The life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. Original drawings based on taino petrogliphs foun in puerto rico. See more ideas about taino symbols, puerto rican culture and taino tattoos. Jeroglificos artes tainos puerto rico marketplace artesanos. Inspired by the likes of buena vista social club, harry belafonte, bob marley, the mighty sparrow, and tito puente, taino will take the audience on a journey that will fascinate and astound the ears, giving the audience a true taste of.
We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. At the behest of columbus, in 1494, friar ramon pane went to live among the taino and recorded their beliefs and practices. Pdf the taino term and concept has traditionally been used as a designation of some form of cultural identity for the groups. Jacobs, in a concise and considered explication, reveals riveting and appalling information found in few textbooks. At the time of european contact in the late fifteenth century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of cuba, hispaniola the dominican republic and haiti, jamaica, puerto rico, the bahamas and the northern lesser antilles. Baltimore county public schools hispanic heritage month resource packet. The area from which most early caribbean farmers originated 7. Voices in colonial and contemporary hispanic caribbean discourses pdf. Though some of the info provided includes groundwork from the dominican republic, cuba and the bahamas found in books. Sylvia inaruki collazo, director of the public relations office of taino tribal affairs, 15 july 2000. The taino were an indigenous people of the caribbean. Ve mas ideas sobre petroglifos, tatuajes tainos y puerto rico. Some sources report that, despite women being free and powerful before the. The following handdrawn symbols were taken from my personal journals and drawing books.
Taino petroglyphs on the rio blanco in puerto rico near. The maximum estimates for jamaica and puerto rico, the most densely populated islands after hispaniola, are 600,000 people. Some we recognize atabey, jokaku, cokie, etc, some we will never know what they mean. This taino was an interpreter to columbus for the early years of the conquest, and later a protege of friar las casas, and this is his own recount of the events. The reader will be placed inside the mind of a taino, as he recounts his own firsthand actual experiences that occurred during the period of 1492 to about 1550 or so. They populated the greater antilles, the bahamian archipelago, and possibly the northern lesser antilles.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Taino people wikipedia, the free encyclopedia rock petroglyph overlaid with chalk in. The taino where a very spiritual people and worshiped many spirit or ancestral spirits. The taino believed in the existence of spirits or souls, not only in their. Taino left petroglyphs on cave walls, on large rocks in river beds, and. The tainos, the ancient native peoples of the caribbean, were the indians that columbus discovered, and the first victims of the greed and shortsighted pressure for world domination that characterized the age of discovery. Arte rupestre panorama historico republica dominicana. They populated the greater antilles, the bahamian archipelago, and. For instance in the front matter an illustration shows a bowl with corn. The carib indians were warlike, and gained the name carib from the spanish word for cannibal. Thus the cemis free will, like the humans, could be curtailed. The caribs came to the islands of the caribbean in much the same way that the tainos did. The earliest inhabitants of jamaica were the tainos, who settled the island about 650 ad.
Vejigante mask for ponce carnival in puerto rico icons royaltyfree vejigante. Esta algarroba con jeroglificos artes tainos puerto rico. In fact, estimates of human habitation on the islands of the caribbean stretch back more than 20,000 years. To download the images, simple rightclick and saveas to your computer. With a human history that stretches back at least 10,000 years, the new world was only new to the europeans who had no previous knowledge of its existence. The taino term and concept has traditionally been used as a designation of some form of cultural identity for the groups that occupied the greater antilles at the time of contact.
The tainos were a very developed culture and had a complex system of government, until the invasion of the spaniards. Oct, 2018 explore malabets board simbolos tainos, followed by 302. This is a digital print on acid free, highest quality paper, suitable for framing. Taino brings to the world of family entertainment a show that will keep any audience hopping in their seats. In addition the tainos are shown wearing body paint.
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