THE MAYAN’S HISTORY AND CULTURE The Maya refer to both a modern-day people who can be found all over the world as well as their ancestors who built an ancient civilization that stretched throughout much of Central America‚ one that reached its peak during the first millennium A.D. The Maya civilization was never unified; rather‚ it consisted of numerous small states‚ ruled by kings‚ each apparently centred on a city. Sometimes‚ a stronger Maya state would dominate a weaker state and be
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Subject: Garifuna Culture of Central America Garifuna Culture of Central America The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib‚ Arawak and West African people. The British colonial administration used the term Black Carib and Garinagu to distinguish them fromYellow and Red Carib‚ the Amerindian population that did not intermarry with Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America. They live along the Caribbean Coast inBelize‚ Guatemala‚ Nicaragua and Honduras including the mainland
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the case of the Garifuna can be traced all the way back to the 16th and 17th century after their exile to the island of Roatán. Trade had been established as a form of survival. According to Christopher Taylor’s The Black Carib Wars‚ the British “intended that the Black Caribs should build on Roatán a settlement based on agriculture supplemented by fishing and hunting (147)”. During their first years of settlement on the island‚ the Garifuna were forced to adjust to not only a new landscape‚ but
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sank in 1635 near the island of St. Vincent. The survivors who made it to the shore shared food and huts with the indigenous population of Arawak-Caribs. Due to the Arawakan-Carib syncretism with‚ Carib dominance‚ who invaded St. Vincent and exterminated all Arawak men‚ the descendants of the Africans were taught different languages. The boys were taught Carib and the girls Arawakan. This resulted in a mixed language communication among the african descendants. Unlike other former slaves around the Carribean
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ST. LUCIAS FOLK CULTURE AND THE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION By Travis Weekes My main motivation for researching the contents of this paper stems from my curiosity about the origin and development of some of St. Lucias most vibrant and persistent cultural forms. Forms which I believe have been and are still very instrumental in the shaping of the St. Lucian person forms such as the bele‚ the konte‚ the abwe‚ the flower festivals of La Rose and La Maguerite and of course the language Kweyol‚ which
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Spaniards forced the Indians into slavery in gold mines and on their colonial farms and ranches. Destruction of the Arawaks by the Spanish; Carib resistance to the British and French ▪ When the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean‚ there were two Amerindian peoples living there: the Arawaks centered the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles‚ and the Caribs in the Eastern Caribbean. Both had come from the tropical rain forest areas of northwestern South America. ▪ The Indians were subsistence
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different personalities. One group was the Arawaks or Taino which occupied the Greater Antilles and the other was the Caribs or Kalinago which occupied the Lesser Antilles. The Arawaks were a very peaceful group of people; slim and short‚ but firmly built. The Caribs on the other hand were very aggressive people and were taller and had a bigger built than the Arawaks. The Caribs were also cannibals and some people assume that is why they were bigger than the Arawaks. Despite their differences in
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movements were very influential in the abolishment of slavery to both the USVI and the rest of the Caribbean. The tribe’s success to run Columbus off the island showed that they were dangerous and did have a fighting chance against the Spaniards. The caribs slowly started to diminish after this conflict‚ possibly because of famine and disease that the Europeans brought with them or orders from the spanish crown to kill the natives. For years‚ the USVI was not heavily populated and when the Spanish rule
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Vincent Agoe Summer 2010 July 1st‚ 2010 The Holy Eucharist: The Metaphorical Cannibalism of the Body of Jesus Christ Justified. “Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son‚ the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament‚ and serve you in unity‚ constancy‚ and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom” (The Episcopal
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First Examination (Response #1) When the Europeans arrived in the Caribbean‚ they were looking to invade and inhabit the land. Little did they know‚the islands were already occupied by other groups of people at the time. One of those groups were the Ciboneys‚ or the Guanahuateby(Lucayans) who were inhabiting the Watlings Islands. The Ciboneys were believed to be the first group of people to inhabit the island. They migrated from the Orinico region‚ probably through Florida and the Bahamas
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