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Aug 25, 2015 · Taino ceremonial ball court in Puerto Rico (Wikimedia Commons)“The presence of apparently extra-local pottery made by many different potters, the presence of extra-local faunal resources (including marine shellfish), the presence and use of pine resin from an off-island source, the strong representation of medicinal and ceremonial plants, the presence of suspected highstatus foods, and the ...
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The last traces of the Taino: Puerto Rican ceremonial sites...
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In Puerto Rico—Borikén—educators and farmers (jíbaro) and descendants of jíbaro emerge into a consciousness of Taíno. Landscape and language, medicines and foods, arts and crafts ...
Dec 6, 2023 · The Taíno then, remain central to understanding the history and the cultural diversity of the Caribbean. The Taínos emerged c. 1200 C.E. They are descendants of the Arawaks who migrated from the northern coastal region of South America to the Caribbean where they settled in the Greater Antilles.
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Eduardo Lalo Some categorize it as a love story, others as a chase. Eduardo Lalo’s acclaimed “Simone” will take you deep into the neighborhoods of San Juan. Centered around Old San Juan, Río Piedras, and Santurce, the story follows an anonymous narrator – a middle-aged writer that spends his day scribbling about his life and suddenly starts receivi...
René Marqués Divided into three acts, “La Carreta” (The Oxcart) is a 1950’s play by René Marqués that follows a family ofjíbaros that move to the United States in search of the American Dream. From La Perla to New York, the author portrays the emotional journey of Puerto Rican migration around the time of industrialization.
Magali García Ramis A Puerto Rican coming-of-age novel, “Felices Días, Tío Sergio” (Happy Days, Uncle Sergio), by Magali García Ramis, follows Lidia, a young girl whose life takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of her uncle disrupts adolescence in the care of women. A free spirit full of liberal ideas, Sergio is like no one Lidia has met befo...
Edgardo Miranda A graphic novel that introduces a Puerto Rican superhero inspired by the Island’s National Anthem, “La Borinqueña,” was created by Edgardo Miranda, a writer with Marvel. Her powers, granted by a Taíno goddess when she goes exploring the caves of the Island, are derived from the Island’s myths and history. La Borinqueña has superhuma...
Taíno artist, Three-Cornered Stone (Trigonolito), 13th–15th century C.E., limestone, from the Dominican Republic ( The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Common objects produced by the Taíno include zemís, duhos (wooden ritual seats), three-pointer stones, and celts. Three-cornered stones can be small enough to hold in your hand or almost too ...
Mar 6, 2019 · One of the most famous images for Puerto Ricans is the image of the Taíno sun. While there have been many discussions among scholars about the significance of these symbols, for us, it represents ...
Rouse, Identified three culture areas: the “Classic” Taíno as eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico; the “Western” Taíno in Jamaica and central Cuba (Wissler, this volume; Ulloa Hung and Valcárcel Rojas, this volume); and the “Eastern” Taíno in the Virgin Islands and northern Lesser Antilles (Hofman, this volume).
