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The repeated coquí symbol suggests the influence of the coquí on art, poetry, and decorative works such as pottery in Taino society. [citation needed] In these carvings, the positioning [clarification needed] of frog-like hands represented "femaleness". In addition, coquí frogs, with their rich vocals before a rain, were said to be ...
Eleutherodactylus guanahacabibes, a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae, named for the Guanahacabibes Peninsula; Guanahacabibes dwarf boa (Tropidophis xanthogaster), a species of snake endemic to the Guanahacabibes Peninsula
Yúcahu [1] —also written as Yucáhuguama Bagua Maórocoti, Yukajú, Yocajú, Yokahu or Yukiyú— was the masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology. [2] He was the supreme deity or zemi of the Pre-Columbian Taíno people along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart. [3]
Taino Zemi mask from Walters Art Museum. A zemi or cemi (Taíno: semi [sÉ›mi]) [2] was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. [3] Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
The Taino people utilized dried tobacco leaves, which they smoked using pipes and cigars. Alternatively, they finely crushed the leaves and inhaled them through a hollow tube. The natives employed uncomplicated yet efficient tools for planting and caring for their crops.
Effigy reproduction of one of the site remains. The site also lends itself to the study of problems relating to extra-Antillean influences on the Caribbean. The evidence from the site indicates that possible influences from Mesoamerica, e.g. the ball game, are in evidence in Puerto Rico as early as 700 A.D. The presence of shell middens and ...
According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, the UCTP is one of "several groups claiming Taino descent" that has "gained visibility in the late 20th century". NRCS notes that while no Taíno group has recognition as a tribe, the organization "consider themselves Taino ...
Taino reenactment in Puerto Rico. The Taíno, an Arawak people, were the major population group throughout most of the Caribbean. Their culture was divided into three main groups, the Western Taíno, the Classic Taíno, and the Eastern Taíno, with other variations within the islands.