Guakiá,

Pronunciation: gwah-kee-AH
Guakiá is a Taíno word for “Family” or “Kin.”


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    Atabeyra Bibi,

    Pronunciation: ah-tah-BAY-rah BEE-bee
    Atabeyra Bibi is a Taíno phrase that means “Mother Earth’s child.”


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    Taino Culture

    Taino houses, or “bohios” were made out of palm wood and the roof was thatched with palm leaves. Modern Cuban “guajiro” peasants still build their…

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    Sun Cycle Path

    The way in which the earth orbits around the sun causes our seasons to behave the way they do. Although the sharp demarcation of Fall…

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    You Are Taino

    You are a Taino, a descendant of TURTLE MOTHER and the four sacred brothers led by Deminan Caracaracol We Tainos are symbolically descended from a…

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    Sacred Tobacco Taino Meaning

    One of the first things reported by the Spanish conquistadores when they made contact with the Taino Indians of the Caribbean in 1492 was the…

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