Tainos
(1) Bow & Arrow
(2) Hammocks
(3) Irrigation
Kalinagos
(1) Bow & Arrow
(2) Straw Baskets
(3) No Irrigation
(1) Bow & Arrow
(2) Hammocks
(3) Irrigation
Kalinagos
(1) Bow & Arrow
(2) Straw Baskets
(3) No Irrigation
Csec History: The Tainos vs. the Kalinagos |
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Tainos
(1) Bow & Arrow (2) Hammocks (3) Irrigation Kalinagos (1) Bow & Arrow (2) Straw Baskets (3) No Irrigation
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Tainos
Kalinagos
Tainos
Kalinagos
Taino
(1) Zemis worship (2) Priest had power to communicate with zemis (3) Tainos believed in heaven (4) Tobacco used Kalinagos
Tainos
Kalinagos
Besides seafood, the Tainos also ate small birds such as Parrots and water birds, iguanas, yellow snakes and Conies. They also cultivated chili pepper, cassava, sweet potato, pumpkin, yampi, corn, arrowroot, coco, guava, star apple, pineapple and cashew. Bammy or cassava bread was the staple of the Tainos. Bammy or cassava bread was the staple of the Tainos. First, the cassava was dug from the ground, scraped and cut into small pieces. The poisonous juice was then extracted by pressing the pieces. The 'trash' was molded into cakes and baked on a griddle. The bammies later became an important part of the diet of the Spaniards and the British soldiers, as they would remain fresh for months. One of their methods of food preparation was with the 'barbacoa'. This is a wooden grate standing on four forked sticks placed over a slow fire. On this they spit-roasted fish and meat. This was the forerunner to the present barbecue grill. Kalinagos
The Kalinagos did not eat much different from the Tainos. They food intake included some of that of the Tainos namely:
The Kalinagos also known the Caribs were war-like and fierce people who inhabited the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Islands. They are descendants of the mainland of Caribs(Kalina) of South America.
The Tainos otherwise called the Arawaks were described as very peaceful people who inhabited islands of the Caribbean namely: Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles in the late 15th Century.
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