X-Nico

unusual facts about Taíno people


Ezequiel Martínez Estrada

He also edited two books of Fidel Castro's speeches, and numerous writings and pamphlets including El nuevo mundo, la isla de Utopía y la isla de Cuba (The New World, the Island of Utopia, and the Island of Cuba), in which he saw Cuba as having a manifest destiny, under which the indigenous Taínos of Cuba were linked to the "Amaurotos" of Thomas More's Utopia and Castro's Cuba to the ideal Cuba of Martí.


Anacaona

Anacaona (1474 – c. 1503), also called the Golden Flower, was a Taíno cacica (chief), sister of Bohechío, chief of Xaragua, and wife of Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana.

Areíto

The last track on the album, "Naboria daca, mayanimacaná", is sung in Arawak, the language of the taínos.

Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra

Among the topics discussed are San Juan's fortifications and defenses, Taíno customs, and Puerto Rican history, society, clothing, flora, fauna, socio-economic peculiarities, and personality.

Guamá

Guamá (died c. 1532) was a Taíno rebel chief who led a rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba in the 1530s.

Lambda Sigma Upsilon

Although LSU's cultural identity symbol is the Taino, it has a consistent tradition of embracing and honoring indigenous peoples across the Americas and Africa such as the Aztecs, Zulu, Iroquois, Inca, Mohegan,and Mayans.


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