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    Machuca In Honduras

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    If you are going to travel to Honduras‚ there is one thing you cannot miss in your visit. One of the traditional dishes at Honduras’ coast is Machuca. Whatever you decide to go‚ it can be Giriga‚ Triunfo de la Cruz‚ Punta Gorda‚ Batalla‚ Limon‚ Sambo Creek‚ Corozal‚ and many others Garifuna’s village in Centro America you have to include Garifuna traditional food. Traditional Garifuna food is mostly rich in seafood. Garifunas communities are all around Caribbean coast in Cento America‚ especially

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    their employers. The exploitation of labour with reference to the Encomienda labour system; it can be clearly seen that the Tainos were treated unfairly in this system seen that they were forced to work hard in the mines and on the plantations with little or next to nothing for payment‚ they were given no choice to choose to work or not they were in fact slaves. The Tainos were taught Christianity in hope that they would subject to the Spanish rules‚ they were given little privacy see that the females

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    already preoccupied by Caribbean natives called Tainos. The Spanish actions towards the natives were cruel and demanding. Columbus was stricken with gold fever due to the amounts of wealth the Tainos were wearing‚ and was willing to do anything in order to grasp some for himself. This meant enforcing harsh ways‚ almost similar to slavery. As he grew more impatient‚ so did the Tainos. The natives were dying due to excessive labor and diseases. Some of the Tainos rebelled by stealing and trying to override

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    Puerto Rico

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    coast‚ in east-to-west order. Puerto Rico’s most important cities are port cities‚ vital to the Puerto Rican economy. POPULATION Puerto Rico’s colonial history with Spain resulted in a racially mixed population (Spanish‚ African‚ and indigenous Taino)‚ 85 percent of which is Roman Catholic. The population was estimated at 3‚915‚798 in July 2000‚ a growth of 10 percent between 1990 and 1999‚ according to the U.S. Census Bureau. People between the ages of 15 and 64 constitute two-thirds of the population

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    A person or group who expresses notions of dominance and superiority to people of other nations is known as an imperialist. Imperialism is the taking over of foreign lands to establish power.  Christopher Columbus was an Italian Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean searching for a route to Asia but instead fell upon this “new land” and it became known as the Americas. On October 12‚ 1492‚ Columbus made land fall on a small island in the Caribbean and named in San Salvador

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    Puerto Rican People
Spanish Colonialism on the History of Puerto Rican People 

"Puerto Rico". The name immediately brings to mind images of a beautiful lush tropical island of enchantment. The name "Puerto Rico" usually does not conjure the image of Taino Indians or African slaves‚ yet these populations have great importance in laying the foundation for the notion of identity of Puerto Ricans. In contemporary debates of Puerto Rican identity‚ it is essential to examine the history of the island to determine

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    was formed by the fusion of the Black Carib Indians and Nigerians. They are now referred to more commonly as the Garifuna people. Their history began in 1635 when the Spaniards had gone to West Africa and taken ships full of men and women to be used as slaves in the Americas. Fortunately for the Nigerians‚ the boats shipwrecked off the coast of the island of St. Vincent and they were able to swim ashore and seek refuge within the settlements of the Black Caribs. The Garifuna people take pride in

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    Columbus went to the island of Antilles where he encountered another group of Native Americans known as the Tainos. When he arrived on the island‚ the Indians peacefully welcomed him in but the torture he ordered was devastating. On his second voyage Columbus went there to conquer their land and search for gold‚ but consequently‚ his actions to get what he wanted

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    in contact with several groups of native peoples in the New World‚ but it was with the Tainos in which he spent most of his time. He immediately noted that the Tainos tribespeople sported gold jewelry that he was after to acquire great wealth. He always observed their personalities and feelings toward the Europeans and concluded they would make easy converts to christianity. Columbus and his men bossed the Tainos around and forced the natives to provide them with food as well as search

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    ESSAY COVER SHEET AN1001 Anthropology Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective Ethnocentrism in Anthropological perspective - Avatar Joey Tan 12866249 Study Period 51‚ 2014‚ Singapore   Ethnocentrism in Anthropological perspective – Avatar The film‚ Avatar‚ is primarily about the two clashing world-views at the core of the relationship between the civilised and the wild. The story’s protagonist is a paraplegic marine‚ Jake Sully‚ who agreed to substitute his deceased twin brother’s place

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