Music of the Caribbean region differs from island to island. The Caribbean got its name from the term “Carib”‚ which is the name of an old Native American ethnic group. Today the region is divided into four different parts: Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and British Caribbean. The Spanish Caribbean consists of Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ and Dominican Republic; the French Caribbean consists of Haiti‚ Martinique‚ Guadeloupe‚ and French Guiana; the Dutch Caribbean contains Suriname‚ Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao‚ Saba‚
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populated at the start of the colonial period. Although in 1510‚ Trinidad was said to have peaceful Indians along the whole South America Coast‚ the demand for slaves to supply the pearl fisheries in nearby Isla Margarita led to them being declared “Caribs” (thus‚ fair game for slaves) in 1511. As a consequence‚ Trinidad became the focus of the Spanish slaving raids. Under a system employed by the Spanish
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1. Do you think you would enjoy a vacation in the land of the Nacirema? Why or why not? Where do the Nacirema live? Nacirema have different beliefs than I do. They believe you body is ugly and it is a vessel for disease and debility. This belief is not something I chose to believe. I believe we should all love our bodies. There are ways to prevent sickness and weakness outside conditions does these things to the body. The body does not function just for weakness and disease. I would not want to
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A culture that can be linked to a mixture of Africa‚ Spain‚ and taino indians. A US territory since 1898‚ which has made Puerto Rico not only a Spanish speaking country‚ English‚ is often a second language. Puerto Rico has a lot of distinct traits that have not only impacted their community but the world‚ from music
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Haitians born or naturalize by law were demeanor by the DRCC since the Haitians had already fulfilled the requirements for them to be a citizen. It could be argued that the DRCC commissioned this decision since they had feared that what happened to the Tainos‚ the natives that originally inhabited DR‚ could potentially be repeated and now try to prevent any intervention from a foreign country to assimilate its culture. Without a citizenship a person is stateless this therefore means that Haitians in DR
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EARLY LIFE OF JEAN JACQUES DESSALINES The first was the father of Maréchal de Camp Monsieur Raymond Dessalines‚ created 1st Baron de Louis Dessalines on 8 April 1811‚ aide-de-camp to King Henry I‚ Privy Councilor‚ Secretary-General of the Ministry of War between 1811 and 1820 and Member of the Royal Chamber of Public Instruction between 1818 and 1820‚ who received the degree of Knight of the Order of St. The second was the father of Maréchal de Camp Monsieur Dessalines‚ created 1st Baron de Joseph
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My childhood best friend and her family hosted a foreign exchange student when we were in middle school. He was a couple years older than us but I got to know him pretty well in the time he spent studying in America. One of the things that I remember the most about him being “culturally” different was his view of importance of eating as a family at least twice a day. I remember after he moved in‚ my best friend’s family started to eat breakfast together and either lunch or dinner together as well
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peoples by treating them cruelly‚ forcing them into slavery‚ and causing harm to their communities and environments‚ “After the landing‚ things got worse. Trying to squeeze the island dry‚ Columbus enslaved the Natives. He demanded that each adult Taino bring him gold every three months. There was not any gold on the island; so‚ most of the Natives came to him
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poetry etc.‚ are commonly integrated into most productions in a skilful way. Many historians believe that our native theatrical skills began from as far back as the Taíno ceremonies which were a combination of music‚ dance‚ and poetic songs to celebrate the heroics of their caciques (chieftains). It is believed that some Tainos survived into the colonial period‚ moving into the mountains and intermarrying with the Maroons‚ and so their traditions may have been passed down. Mixed with this was
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Unity or Diversity Two of the poems which I found myself fascinated with are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales and “To live in the Borderlands means you” by Gloria Anzaldúa. These two poems talk about the pride of each of the author’s cultures and races. The authors do not want to make excuses for being the way they are but want to tell about the pride they feel for being the way they are‚ and they found no way to change themselves but show that history has made them the way they are
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