How Taíno Culture Affects Us Today

[@SkylineMMedia]

Proud to be Boricua 🇵🇷 much love to our brothers 🇩🇴 🇨🇺 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇵🇷

[@elkamalito9641]

✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@shesblessedx3]

Yassss

[@jimmyrodriguez1274]

100%%🇵🇷🇵🇷🙏🙏🙏😷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@wreck993]

Same to you family ! 🇩🇴

[@melissavazquez2277]

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[@KamisKisses]

I am Jamaican in school they told us all the Tainos were dead! I am so angry right now. How can this be rectified. Idk if kids are still learning this. How is this even possible.

[@danni5750]

I believe they were speaking specifically in Jamaica but even then they are still wrong and i wish people would stop teaching that. Much of the Arawak/taino population in Jamaica have died out that's fact but some were still there. Many of which blended with the Africans in the country but there are still some there. Now the small bit that are left in present day jamaica most aren't fully taino they have some other ancestry they same way the black people in Jamaica also have a little something else in them. They are hard to find and full blood native are a very rare sighting. I came across a native jamaican before in ochi and I kid you not it shocked the hell out of me.

[@AngeloFalls]

They taught me the same thing! Ugh I was so irked with that shit. Seeing this video made me so happy to find out theres actually a whole group of other taino folks in my city trying to bring back our culture.

[@amber-rx8pq]

They still say in schools that tainos are dead

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

@@Caralaza in a language revitalization process of an extinct language, the aim is not to revive it with 100% accuracy (that would be impossible for the reasons you already noted), but construct a very similar version of it. So linguists might get whatever words of an extinct language that might survive through historical documentation and whatever words that are still kept alive through modern usage and start constructing it like a puzzle. Now for the missing parts of the language, they will borrow words from an existing and surviving sister language to fill the blanks. The idea is that a genetically close language would be the closest thing to what the extinct language might have sounded like. Im not to familiar with the Taino language revitalization process, but I'm assuming they will borrow heavily from its Arawak sister languages still spoken on mainland South America like Lokono, Garifuna and Goajiro.

[@thesingerintheshower]

Thank you for sharing! I am so happy that now you know the truth. We aren't dead; we are mixed and assimilated.

[@Marco_El_Afro-Latino]

¡¿Dónde están mi Puertorriqueños/Boricuas?! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@ireallywantedtolivethruthe80s]

Wepa!

[@pineapplevlog154]

Yo no Puerto Rico o boricua lol

[@ld8322]

Y cubanos tambien!,15 % Taino DNA

[@laborikwadeboriken2007]

Wepa!

[@laborikwadeboriken2007]

Yo soy boricua!

[@WorldInHazel]

This video made me tear up a bit. As a Boricua, I love learning about my ancestors, and the Taino culture is one I've always been very much interested in researching. Boriken was actually the name the Tainos gave the island before colonizers changed it to Puerto Rico. Which is why people from Boriken are called Boricua. I've always been fascinated by our ancestors culture but found it a bit difficult to learn about them. Since a lot that was documented about them back then was from the perspective of the colonizers who'd mostly write negative things about them and look down on their culture. It does take time to learn about them in a positive/objective way but it's totally worth it. Thank you Pero Like for such a beautiful video. I'm definitely going to check out that group in NYC and this wonderful woman as well. Let's celebrate and learn about our ancestry and be proud of it. ❤

[@johngonzalez4298]

This video was very interesting. I'm not from any of the countries/islands mentioned in the video but I found it to be useful and knowledgeable for all to learn about the Taino culture. 👍🏻

[@davisfontanes]

Pero like

[@WorldInHazel]

@Strong thoughts with all due respect, you have misunderstood my comment. I did state in the beginning that "as a Boricua, I love learning about my ancestors". Ancestors plural as in I love learning about all of them. As a person who grew up on the island, I'm aware of all my ancestors and their history. I'm aware of their contribution to who we are today. From traditions, language, culture, food, agriculture, morals/values, arquitecture, etc. Which is why I said it's hard to learn about them, especially the Taino and African, because the information is written in a derogatory way. I'm well aware of my ancestors and all their influence in our culture. I hope in the future, access to information from diverse points of views becomes available for all who want to learm about them.

[@WorldInHazel]

Also, I've looked into my ancestry and know some ethnicities that are bound to my family. I'm looking forward to getting the resources I need to study my ancestor more in-depth and see what other connections I may have with other ethnicities.

[@DavidSaintloth]

Ditto with "Ayiti" , it's a Taino word and was recorded as one of the earliest names the Taino called the island that the Spanish renamed. I learned this and I refuse to pronounce "Haiti" with the Anglecized inflection "Hay TEE" instead I pronounce it ...exactly in fact as natives of the island pronounce it today "AYE E TEE" which is exactly how the Taino pronounced it. In the same document that attests the name as "Ayiti" it is also called "Quesquiaya" and in fact to this day...on both sides of the island there are notable land marks and institutions with "Quisquiya" in the name. I think now more than ever, Ayisien and Dominicanos need to harken back to this shared history to get passed the propaganda of division and anti Blackness that emerged to separate the people from their common origins. We will be one island again. It was once the case in the past and will be again.

[@Cheekydr4]

I'm Dominican and my great great grandmother was Taina from my mother's side. My mother and grandmother have told me stories about her and how she would talk about seeing our ancestors in the waters. My dad never believed my mom because he thought they had all died long ago. I took a DNA test and actually verified that my great great grandmother was Taina. I feel honored to be a descendant of the surviving Tainos of the Dominican Republic.

[@PDro11]

Just as we keep our African and European heritage alive in the Caribbean we need to maintain this one. Soy ascendencia Cubano and i know in Oriente there is research going on to bring more of this culture to the forefront.

[@xolotlmexihcah4671]

THAT'S RIGHT! Feel proud of your American Roots (OF TRUE AMERICANS)!!! That's part of your true American identity, you're still more American than the average Joe in gringolandia! That's your bridge to this continent! *Ways to keep alive your Culture:* Develop and Cultivate in yourself and your children the love for their own Indigenous prehispanic History and the interest in Caribbean ARCHAEOLOGY _(there are lots of stuff still buried)_ and what you already may have of your ancestors, PRESERVE IT and continue it! Like *NATURE ITSELF (native Caribbean flora and fauna),* traditional prehispanic cuisine of the region, monoliths, artifacts, pottery, craft, etc, cultivate the sense of duty to protect your Heritage! Promote with your own children knowledge about it! Visit museums about Arawakan and other Caribbean peoples that can be found through PR, RD, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, Central America, etc... remember that not all Arawakan family branches are dead you still can find active indigenous cousins of Taínos still living in Central and South America. Also, remember give support to other indigenous American groups that are struggling all through America (and by that I mean the CONTINENT, not a country).

[@jasoncano527]

Kickative truth hell naw, I seen the majority of you boricuas and y’all just look like spanish people

[@tropicMTV]

no chico usted es cubano, usted blanco que carajo hace aqui chico, usted es de la isla de andalucia,de taino usted no lleva nada chico, cosa mas grande caballero LOL

[@mixtapemania6769]

@@jasoncano527 that's cap. They are Taino

[@yaboidiego6177]

@@tropicMTV y que se el es cubano?

[@The053199]

You guys shouldve mentioned the fact the Garifuna people whom live mainly in Honduras, Belize, and guatemala speak a language called "garifuna" which is the closest existing language to the original arawak/taino language that colonizers encountered. Love the video though💜 Y mis catrachos/as donde estan?🇭🇳🇭🇳💪

[@thejompi]

Garifunas come from Yurumei(St.Vincent and the Grenadines).

[@johngonzalez4298]

Soy parte de Colombia 🇨🇴 y parte de Honduras 🇭🇳 #Paisa#Catracho

[@johngonzalez4298]

@Dee Dinora Hola Dee. Gracias, lo aprecio. La mezcla es poco comun pero es una mezcla interesante. Me encanta tambien la musica Colombiana y el aguardiente lol.

[@johngonzalez4298]

@sym That's awesome that your grandparents speak Garifuna! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@sirena11]

Nope.

[@lulusanchez6336]

thats why us - Dominicans are so mixed.. different colors and shapes ❤️❤️ im proud 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@lulusanchez6336]

jamie andersonn i guess we all are

[@tiffany7591]

Lulu Sanchez Yesss, I am so proud to be dominican and I love learning about my roots and where D.R. originates from🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴❤️❤️

[@DavidSaintloth]

Quit talking your ignorance is grating to any one with a clue.

[@icfent]

your from the DR I'm from the first Dominica the smaller island, you have traces of Taino blood Aswell as African. Anything from the DR was African, Spanish/European and Taino decent, that was the mix that took place there. Many Taino's fled and went back to the mountains or the amazon . the problem the pale mixes of race are claiming it all without acknowledging the European side of their blood, so many just think thats how they look. now the brown people who will be considered as black who also are half Taino just don't know cause black or brown people have always been fed lies. I always say is those dna test are not accurate,

[@djlyons]

@@user-ms1ue8bd8r that's bull

[@chonumil]

i think its beautiful that tainos used to call the dominican republic "Quisqueya" and we still call it that and we've held on to that part of our history and even in our national anthem, the first line says "Quisqueyanos valientes alcemos" or brave quisqueyanos (people of quisqueya), lets rise. i dont know, thats just really beautiful to me.

[@thesingerintheshower]

I agree. I always wondered where that term came from when I'd heard Dominicans refer to themselves as such. I was confused, lol. Now I understand! Thank you for sharing! It's like Boricuas (which, I know, she mentions already in the video.)

[@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez]

I have a question. So even before the europeas came in the island was already divided into Ayti and Quisqueya or was one island with 2 chiefs?

[@omarcitonunez5770]

@@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez No, and actually the origin of the names Quisqueya and Haiti are very difficult to trace and the first source was made by a very... Unreliable guy to say the least, it's best you watch the origin of the names from the channel kiskeya life, it's very good and they list the sources so you can look them up as well. So it's very probable that the Tainos never called the island quisqueya or Haiti, just saying

[@mixtapemania6769]

Ayiti (Haiti) was also an original name

[@ihavenoenergyforyall]

p a d f o o t I thought kiskeya was the name for the whole island not just DR, but Ayiti is an original name from the tainos that lived there before

[@Trini0128]

Such an important video. The Taino culture is so important to the Caribbean

[@disaj7460]

💯👏🙏

[@steventhepig3173]

#trini

[@Lifestylewithjada]

Yes but many people doesn't continue the culture and keep it going

[@libraalibaba]

It connects so many of us together despite the division

[@lorenalareyna5819]

Can’t explain how happy this video makes me! Love seeing indigenous cultures thrive

[@Babyduzzit]

Omar Carrillo how is she disrespecting it? And of she is then that’s HILARIOUS because she probably has Olmec or Aztec blood aka MEXICAN which also went to the islands and lived there or were there while it got conquered 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@lorenalareyna5819]

Omar Carrillo the Mexican flag was made by colonizers calm down

[@lorenalareyna5819]

Omar Carrillo also how tf u gonna come at me for “disrespecting the flag” with misogynistic language and then turn around and shit on Puerto Rico???

[@lorenalareyna5819]

chicken nugget I’m not from the islands personally I’m Maya from Mexico. Though I got nothing but love for my Caribbean relatives

[@omarcarrillo8693]

@@lorenalareyna5819 FAKE ASS MEXICAN WITH THE FUCKING FLAG ON THE FLOOR?? ESTAS MAS PENDEJA QUE LA CHINGADA

[@FlashDelirium27]

christopher culumbus destroyed so many things that would have made today's world a more beautiful place. its a shame all of that had to be destroyed by greed and racism.

[@demetriceb6659]

A Colonizer

[@mead9]

Amen

[@xolotlmexihcah4671]

Not everything is lost! From Cánada to Argentina there are still many native Americans groups that need support, we have American Nature (flora and fauna) to preserve, there are lots of monuments and museums to visit, lots of native American languages to explore, prehispanic food to eat and prehispanic music to enjoy!

[@maggiebrayton4258]

Seriously. As an Italian American, I am ashamed of that part of history (along with many other parts lbr). All the more reason to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day

[@victoria87cub]

To be more historically accurate It wasn´t him but Pizarro, Cortez and all the others who came after. Columbus and his descendants didn´t really profited from the Americas. Even the name of the continent was set after someone else, Americo Vespucio.

[@jaypatton217]

Barbacoa=Barbeque? So what your saying is our ancestors invented cookouts? Lol Ayyy!! Let’s Go!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@shakira384]

Somos fiesteros hasta la médula, más cuando hay comida lol

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

Jay Patton Of course we did.

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

Jay Patton What didn’t we invite

[@solstice191]

Greetings family,,,the word is barabacoa...

[@angelydachalyechevarria114]

Y lo sabes coño 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇵🇷

[@TheSakura809]

Really sad to think about the suffering our Taino ancestors went through at the hands of colonizers. But they live on and the culture is still here 😊🇩🇴

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

TheSakura809 Que lo que

[@angieg4127]

Mayans too & so many more cultures.

[@edwintorres2839]

TheSakura809 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@edwintorres2839]

Dígamelo cantando

[@zlumi428]

TheSakura809 Yeah 😄

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

¿Dónde están mis latinos y latinas? From Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@thereisahaironurscreen282]

Cuba🇨🇺

[@giovannanicolas8299]

🇯🇲🇩🇴

[@giovannanicolas8299]

@@thereisahaironurscreen282 I want to go there so bad

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

Gi Gi Sunshine Que lo que mi compañero jamaicano.

[@johngonzalez4298]

I'm proud to be latino 🇨🇴 and 🇭🇳

[@dominicanbrian]

I loved this video so much, proud to be have 15% Taíno heritage in my Dominican blood! ✊🏼🇩🇴🇩🇴 Gracias Señora Irka, usted es un #OrgulloDominicano 💙❤️

[@lauradelacruz1384]

that's so high for the present day which is sad 🥺 but that's amazing que viva la raza y cultura taino 🇩🇴

[@drwho9319]

@@lauradelacruz1384 not really. There are many tainos in the tribe of PR that just didn’t get to be a part of the study. Tainos are in Florida, and even in South America. The culture is still active.

[@likwit7165]

I have 20% Taino Blood in my Puerto Rican blood. It's now up to us to keep our traditions alive and pass it down to our childeren.

[@AlanisOcasio123]

@@lauradelacruz1384puerto rico has the highest Taíno bloodline, it’s actually being studied. They found that many Taínos hid in the mountains. Some people have more the 25% of Taino dna.

[@jessicamartinez5358]

That’s so weird because last week in my class we were talking about things we wanted to do before 2018 finish and I said to learn about my Taino culture 🇩🇴

[@cuffedpans]

Me too brother, my main racial makeup is taino and español, i wish the spanish hadn’t destroyed part of my ancestral culture. But out ancestors arrived in the antilles from mexico, it’s possible that we are azteca. Even though we dont know out old culture, we will always be taino and here to stay, never extinct. 🇵🇷

[@globalbutterfly]

This is lovely. She’s doing great work. Proud Jamaican here: proud of our indigenous culture and ancestry and all the cultures that made us who we are. Out of many, one people.

[@roguenrawwellness7682]

I’m Sicilian but I am in love with the Caribbean and I have been studying archaeology and Anthropology of the Americas for years. I think embracing the histories of the indigenous peoples here from North America through South America is so important. People don’t realize the true genocide that occurred here the cultures, religions, languages and people who were literally made extinct here through imperialism. Larger groups live on and it is so crucial to hold onto traditions. Even home in Sicily it has such a distinct culture and history but gets immediately cast aside as just being Italian. Well there’s some 60million Italian speakers and only 5Million Sicilian Speakers. Language is the key to your culture our first connection in this world our first bond is our mothers voice from her womb. If you speak your mothers tongue you keep her and everyone before her alive it binds you to her music her history her memories and they live on through you. We need to embrace our heritage and keep them alive and share them. That’s what I love most about Latin American and Mediterranean American cultures is there’s always that joke you don’t have to ask if someone is Italian they’ll tell you. I say the joke is on them because I see the same vitality of culture in my Latino friends it’s a spark and a love and pride in oneself and the history in their very veins we manifest and I love it so much. This video was so beautiful thank you so much.

[@domanique813]

I agree, my parents are Sicilian and I speak it even though my cousins in Italy are only letting their kids speak standard italian so they can be professional in school and work.

[@kabookie960]

Do y’all have a little bit of African decent in y’all

[@kabookie960]

meagan dorsey do y’all have a little bit of African decent in y’all

[@domanique813]

i had it in my 23andme dna test, i got Sudanese

[@johniellypagan2014]

meagan dorsey i’d like to be educated on the difference/s between mainland and Sicilian culture

[@rafael285pc]

canoa, hamaca, yuca, batata, casabe all words with taino origen, still used today

[@Vamo_Alla]

Palabras taínas usada en RD todavía; Mani, mabi, jicotea, bohioo, batei, chin, batea un artículo de lavar, guanábana, mamey, jaiba y muchas más . Y nombre de pueblos como; Nava, bonao, seibo, iguey, cibao, majagua, nagua, cotui, bani, bahoruco, nigua, neiva, jicome, jacagua, macorix, mamey, guananico y más. Que vivan todos los cacique de quizqueya... caonabo, enriquillo, hatuey, cayacoa, guarionex, guacanararix, anacaona, bohechio y más 🤗🙏🏼🇩🇴

[@EnchantiNails]

Not all of the tainos are gone. Some of them did survive.

[@DCampusano1]

To my surprise lol. Most historical documents say they were all wiped out by the 17th century.

[@commendedzuez0944]

@@DCampusano1 Pretty sure the census around that time were already developing to become you're either white or black. How can people keep track of Tainos if they can't identify as something other than black or white.

[@DCampusano1]

​@@commendedzuez0944 That's true.. but I doubt there are any "pure-blooded" Tainos left.. or at least not many. Most of them fled to remote communities where they mixed with Africans and/or European settlers.

[@ΤοΡόδινονΡόδον]

All these people claiming to be Taino are mixed race. .pure blooded are extinct. this woman is mixed race herself

[@jaqueswilliams5192]

Rosy Rose it’s okay to be mixed. They are saying they have Taino ancestry

[@blacklambcta4271]

I’m DR and PR my grandma tell me my ancestors were Taino😎✌️🇩🇴🇵🇷🇺🇸

[@user-bc5hf1qd8t]

Im so happy you guys made this beautiful video!!! So beautiful 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 nuestra bella cultura no lo quita nadie

[@ErikaCM]

Thank you so much for this channel. I’ve never felt so seen and heard. Representation is so key. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@ПухлыйПанда-п7ь]

I am from Russia, but i'm so impressed your culture, your language and traditions. If i can match in which country I will born, it will be Dominican republic. Sorry for my bad English

[@flor7445]

Awww! That is soo nice to hear, you are always welcome. Love from a Dominican 🇩🇴

[@ПухлыйПанда-п7ь]

@@flor7445 Love from cold Russia too 💖💖💖

[@paulamatias5812]

Spasiba :)

[@ПухлыйПанда-п7ь]

de nada! I start lerning spanish not so long ago, so sorry if i sad it wrong, i mean you are welkome ;)

[@PH7018c]

Good choice!..

[@ShimariXAkiaru4eva]

I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one that teared up hearing her sing. I may have never been outside the US but man her song made me feel homesick. I’m so happy to hear that the Taíno culture is getting the attention it deserves!

[@davidsantiago7060]

as a puerto rican, i’m so happy i found this video!! i’ve never learned about my taino culture and i’m grateful to finally learn a little bit about it

[@jamerockbrooklyn5325]

Your not Taino bro, you have more Columbus in you

[@tavroaar8173]

Proud of my Taino Culture!! Quisqueya!!! 🇩🇴🌴

[@dianelaidlaw837]

I’m not Taino unfortunately. But wanted to read up about the original people of Jamaica. I am one of the Nigerian’s that got transported to Jamaica 🇯🇲.

[@angierodriguez2902]

I was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico. A town named after a chief Taino. I'm so proud of my roots! Que viva la raza!!!

[@synsious]

Angie Rodriguez that’s cool I’m from Petionville in Haiti and it’s named after taino

[@hakuqtsukii]

Synsious BRUH how is Pétion-Ville Taino 🤨

[@NJ-sf6df]

Yassss educate them sis 🗣🗣🗣

[@loveiswhatsetsmefreeelamor7560]

Very happy to be mixed with Taino ancestry and Arawak from the Amazon and Andes I’m from 🇨🇺🇵🇷 Cuban Dad Puert Rican Mom. Hello to my brothers and sisters in 🇩🇴🇯🇲🇭🇹 and all the diaspora The average Puerto Rican has 13% Taino Native American Ancestry I did Ancestry DNA shows I’m 20% Native American Taino Arawak.

[@loveiswhatsetsmefreeelamor7560]

En Baracoa Cuba y en la montaña ⛰ del El Yunque todavía hay bastante taínos ve y busca y verás saludos. En Puerto Rico Orocovis en las Montañas Ciales y Utuado Aibonito Florida Puerto Rico La isla entera tiene bastante gente con sangre taina

[@katiab8865]

Love is What Sets Me Free!El Amor me Libera! 2020 I had the DNA test done to my mother and surprisingly we find out she has indigenous from cuba as well. This is something that I didn’t share with her.

[@vyvyan235]

Same here! 🤗🧡

[@isaaclopez63]

This is amazing, it really shows how close we are as Latinos, and how similar our culture intertwines at its roots. So much love and diversity in the Latino community’s. Un beso de Mexico ❤️😘

[@AbbysalWarrior72756]

Latino is used to erase our native roots hun

[@themarbleking]

Latinos are european colonisers. They are not Taino.

[@0ShiftingParadigms0]

I’m a NYRican. My 23andMe results shows I’m 10% Native American (Taino) from Puerto Rico.

[@0ShiftingParadigms0]

Davis Fountain 🤣🤣 I wasn’t expecting any!

[@lct7192000]

Yay! I am from Dom Rep and mine came to 24% then recently they updated to 21% North/South American and 6% Andean (not sure where that came from but ok).

[@lct7192000]

@Strong thoughts Sure, I just went to the grocery store and picked up some Native American DNA. My African DNA is less than my Native American DNA so did I buy that at the store too? I am descendent of everything my DNA says I am. You are not smart so please refrain from speaking up. Doesn't make you look any smarter. SMH

[@cheesymarshmellows]

Mines 14% got mines a year ago

[@saulbravo3485]

lct7192000 you might have some sort of South American ancestor that migrated to the DR that’s what Andean means.

[@fullyfranchesca]

Yay 🇭🇹 There’s a lot of Taíno artifacts in Northern Haiti. #Ayiti #Kiskeya #Bohio #Ayibobo

[@kris5885]

ti'franchesca sa ka fet🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@kenya.the.goddess]

Ayeee 🇭🇹

[@JulitoBn]

Sa k pase?? from ur homies in Cuba🇨🇺

[@fullyfranchesca]

Julian Baranyi Nicholls Nap boulé Cuba! 😂 I have a bunch of relatives over there 🇨🇺🇭🇹

[@angelydachalyechevarria114]

Wepaaa y Sak passé zanmi 🇵🇷🇭🇹🇨🇺😍

[@hectorrodriguezrivero7589]

I'm a Taino from boriquen. Here are some more Taino words= maiz, batata, maraca,papa, yaotia, there's a lot more that I can't think about it at the moment plus I can't find my notes, but you be surprised at how many words are Taino words that we use every day in the Spanish vocabulary. Thank you for making this video. Some of our people are blind to the truth. And to those that are open to learn, continue digging for more information you'll be amazed on what you find in our beautiful culture. Boriken te amo. 🇵🇷 Our brothers and sisters =🇨🇺🇩🇴🇯🇲 And many more flags that I don't have a hand.

[@cindyirizarry5767]

Definitivo leí la palabra Taíno y dije de aqui soy en Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 36 de 78 de nuestros pueblos conservan su nombre Arauaco y 16 de esos 36 honran la memoria de 15 de nuestros Caciques aun llamos a nuestra Isla Boriké (Borinquen) Nosotros llevamos con Orgullo nuestra raza Taína❤🇵🇷🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jus_jut]

This is very informative. My husband is Dominican and having to learn more of the culture really amazes me and especially him whenever we're in conversation about history.

[@TheExtremeCube]

Wow, amazing that I use your words over here in Serbia, your words made it into my language too

[@nadryy9987]

I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and when she started singing and my heart raced alot like if I had heard that type of rhythm before that taino music is so beautiful I love it!

[@TheAngee330]

I did my DNA and I have 8% native American from DR. My sister has a higher one though she looks European. My mother often spoke of her grandparents from her father's side being descendants of a tribe from Bani/Duverge very indegiounes areas of DR. I can't wait to have my mother's DNA tested just to see what her percentage will be like. She's always been fascinated by Taino/Arawak culture and wanted to know more about her family.

[@holisticmaya]

estoy enamorada de todas las culturas de Latinoamérica. Las culturas indigenas especialemente :) Gracias por compartir este video. Muy interesante.

[@luciac8459]

That song she was singing was so sacred and beautiful. Taíno culture is so special. Though I am not Taíno, I would love to help reconstruct it 🙂

[@Ernireg3]

There’s many more Taíno words that were adopted by Spanish and consequently, other languages!

[@Hiililylani]

What an awesome video! Learned so much about this culture. In my Spanish classes, we talked about the Taíno and their history. I’m so glad they are revitalizing. Also, fun fact: Hawaiians (my culture) have the conch shell too! We call it the pū!

[@jimmyrodriguez1274]

Con mucho Amor!! Que viva la Familia!!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@analiafirpo5192]

I’m taina from te Dominican Republic I’m proudly part of the Marien tribe I started crying when I saw this I’m so happy that our people and our history is being put out in the media thank u

[@synsious]

Analia Firpo marine tribe spanned our from Haiti as well nice to meet you in haitian from the same tribe

[@ChanelleAdams]

There were some Tainos brought to Trinidad and Tobago from Puerto Rico by John Adams, there's lots of Taino culture in T&T 🇹🇹

[@xanderz.5999]

I’m so glad to know now how we got there. I’ve looked for so long. 13 years ago I searched for knowledge of my grandmothers people and couldn’t find it and now as a young woman I’m seeing it’s being talked about. I never found how we were there as taínos in Trinidad but that makes sense

[@GNationSports]

While he may have brought some there !The Taino people where there already because they migrated from the Amazon up the chain of island to North America all of those Island were Arawak Taino and Carib Nation before the European came 💪🏽 Love the video though also love the Zeal for Researching and Representation of The culture

[@immokim]

The Taíno language lives in languages beyond Spanish. The Haitian word for the our country 'Ayiti'🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹 is the name the Taínos originally gave the whole island of Hispaniola, meaning "land of the high mountains." I loved this video❤❤ Thank you guys so much!

[@yosaraholivo8477]

Actually they named the island by regions, not as a whole, so there are 3 names that they used. The mountanous part of the island (where Haiti is located) was called Ayiti, but they also used the words Kiskeya and Bohio to reffer to other parts of the island.

[@j-xl6258]

@@yosaraholivo8477 You are 100% correct. The whole island was also split into chiefdoms, Marien and Xaragua which are northern and southern Haiti today, and Maguana, Magua and Higuey in D.R today.

[@j-xl6258]

A lot of words in Kreyol are Taino words as well.

[@hakuqtsukii]

Yosarah Olivo this is true and not true at the same time. They used Ayiti to describe the whole island.

[@katiab8865]

SANS SOUCI! sorry to burst your bubble but that is wrong dear. with all due respect

[@dairinrodriguez6597]

The tainos called Dominican Republic Quisqueya. And we still call DR Quisqueya la bella ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rosereign888]

Thats true. Dominican republic was also known as la republica de Haiti. The whole Island was tainos (and later Africans with French and Spaniards)

[@frankbendavid1397]

+Razhanee Dejoie *republica del haiti español. republic of haiti is a whole different thing

[@solstice191]

Ayiti

[@crystallima6497]

The Taino name for the Dominican Republic and Haiti (back then there were no divisions made by man) was Ayiti that means "Land of High mountains". Quisqueya was a name given by a Spaniard historian.

[@solstice191]

@@crystallima6497 Greetings Crystal..We are almost certain that Quisqueya was a name for the island.. We know through pottery, language and DNA that The island was super diverse. There were about 5 different groups. Research indicates that the oldest inhabitants are the Ciguayo who's language is more closely related to Tolan, whom originate in C.America and spoke a different language than the other 4 groups.. We also have Quisibon as a river...

[@estefaniadefelice9433]

Puerto Rico y mis hermanos latinos ❤️

[@johanaaveunelly8606]

Wow ! I enjoyed this video. Very informative, I’m Peruvian but learning about indigenous cultures from other Latin countries is awesome. Gracias. Do one about one Incas 😊

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

I'm Egyptian, and I have all the sympathy for the Tainos. Have much respect for your cultures and your humanity. Wishing all the best for the Tainos and all indigenous people

[@teovu5557]

so sad Egyptians no longer speak real Egyptian and instead only speak Arabic now.

[@geekcultureandmovieLover]

@@teovu5557 It's not entirely lost. We still speak a lot of ancient egyptian words in our daily lives.

[@ahilario80]

I am so in love with this video. Thank you do much for making it! Makes my heart steel with so much pride to see our people embrace our gorgeous ancestry. I need to research this glorious, beautiful woman and her work. 🇩🇴

[@MapleyMaple]

Muy interesante, la cultura taína me parece riquísima y bella y la mujer tiene la voz de un ángel 😍 Saludos a todos los Taínos y Latinos desde Polonia ❤️

[@starlinerm.batistaarias8154]

República Dominicana was called by Tainos, Quisqueya. Quisqueyana soy! 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@alexandracedeno1665]

Escuchar estas palabras y esta musica es conectar con nuestro origen y poder llevar nuestra cultura con orgullo. Republica Dominicana hermosa.

[@fablaids6618]

Very educating....we learn about the Taínos in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 and also have the culture/descendants......that song....I sing it "se vai caiman, se vai caiman, se vamo a Trinidad" 🤗

[@mixtapemania6769]

im so proud to be Haitian. Did you know the name Ayiti (Haiti anglicized) is the original name that the Tainos gave to the island of Hispaniola? 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@radrook7584]

Thanks for the info. Didn't know that.

[@MrJohnnyBlaise]

Bois Caïman, where the ceremony for Haitian Independence literally means Crocodile Woods. A literal swamp.

[@mixtapemania6769]

@@MrJohnnyBlaise yeah that's where the la grande révolution d'amerique 🌎 was planned

[@bloodmoon1586]

yesss much love from the other side 🇩🇴 i hope one day we can discard the colonizer names given to some of our nations in the caribbean and restore the original names the taino gave them.

[@WarrenFearchild]

Kiskèya *

[@alverio0072]

Taino Ancestry right here! I am learning so much about all of my cultural backgrounds and this video was so informative....so proud to have Taino ancestors!!!

[@heartluxeblog]

I just got my Taino tribal tat on my ankle from a yoke from in the Dominican Rep on Thursday, I am in love with it.

[@tjsealey5572]

Thank you for sharing a part of our Caribbean Taino culture. Very interesting. We are not to forget who we are and where we come from. Boricua!!!

[@tiffanyh605]

¿Donde están mis latinos y latinas? 🇨🇺🇻🇪 I was born n raised in 🇯🇲

[@thehopeofeden597]

Applause for indigenous representation!

[@BlueJayKing]

These indigenous civilizations would have flourished even more in the modern world if colonizers had just minded their own business :(

[@katiab8865]

Only God knows why this thing happened.

[@SI-cd7xs]

They wouldn’t have though. First connection with any old world people would kill them eventually because their bodies hadn’t developed immune systems for the germs that evolved over 20,000 years. Only reason there are so many natives still in South and central America is because they were too numerous to be killed off. But the smaller populations in the Caribbean would’ve been fucked.

[@radrook7584]

The European diseases were the primary cause of the extreme numerical reductions of the indigenous populations.

[@SI-cd7xs]

@@radrook7584 they weren’t European diseases. Any contact with arabs, or Chinese would have done the same to them. You don’t understand evolution, viruses or immune systems

[@crazychashews]

@@katiab8865 Greed and control Humans can be evil

[@May-may-1475]

theres a charrúa group in uruguay trying to do the same as this lady and they still try to live traditionally too. id love to see buzzfeed give them attention since you guys talk mostly about mexico and pr and dominican

[@dykingout2018]

Proud to have Taino ancestry ❤🇨🇺

[@cuffedpans]

Same here, even though our culture and language no longer exists, we’re not extinct, we’re here to stay

[@katieh6444]

What a charismatic woman! I would love to hear more from her; I bet she is an amazing story teller!

[@kmilfort]

Ayiti or Haiti is a Taïno word for land of mountains

[@hakuqtsukii]

Its Ayiti

[@mixtapemania6769]

^

[@kmilfort]

I’m Haitian.

[@carolinaortega5732]

QUISQUEYA IS A TAINO WORD THAT MEANS MOTHER OF ALL LAND

[@katrinacasasnovas8794]

I am in awe of this video, I was actually shocked coming across it because I just found her website and spoke with her recently. Her rituals are amazing and bring a very warm close feeling to our wonderful ancestors.

[@Xilotl]

Now do more peoples! I’m a descendant of the Chichimeca and Nahua peoples. Aya!

[@Xilotl]

My dad is from Puebla, so they’re different from the Mexica in Tenochtitlan.

[@coffeeidleness1652]

Fellow descendant of Nahuatl speaker here! 😀 👍

[@katiab8865]

I had my DNA done and I was so happy to see that I have Venezuela, Colombian, Mexican, Central American, and Taínos blood. Which confirms everything I’ve learn in my church about the Indigenous in the Americas.

[@eyelandgal]

I remember learning about the Taino (and other Arawak people) in school in Jamaica and feeling so bad about the things they had to go through even though they were so peaceful but it is inspiring how they have persevered and preserved their culture despite it all. We have so many great things including delicious food thanks to them

[@57mckee]

I was born in 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, and I am proud to be puerto rican , and Boriqua 🙂 Puertoriquenos siempre CON mucho Amor ♥

[@juliettes9885]

I'm from the U.S. Virgin Islands and my great aunt is Taino. She keeps the culture alive through her family and in the community by participating in parades and other local events in St. Thomas. I am still unsure about that side of my heritage but I think some of it traces back to Puerto Rico (according to my great-grandmother). It is so awesome to learn the history about that side of me❤🇻🇮

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

OMG, VER UNA TAINA DE MI PAÍS ME HACE TAN FELIZ TTTTTT ORGULLOSA DE MI SANGRE ESPAÑOLA, AFRICANA Y SOBRE TODO TAINA. QUE VIVA RD!!!!🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@esteylonmartinez6142]

This brings so much inner peace. Knowing my roots. Love my country and my brother and sisters in all if the Caribbean 🇩🇴❤

[@aluxbalum]

Here is an interesting thought, Native Americans from Alaska to Patagonia and the Caribbean all share the same genetic haplogroup which is Q, in all the other continents they differ. That is why when we take a DNA test they clumb all of the Americans together, this is why if you see Native Americans from any part of the continent you swap their feathers and we all look alike, we share similar cultures, gastronomy, and cosmovision. So from the Native American perspective, we have so much in common at a very deep root level, also giving us a deeper love for our motherland that is turtle island the Americas. Respect and love to our European, African and Asian bloodlines that we carry it bonds us even more with the world as a whole.

[@deevine888]

im so happy that my abuela taught me a lot about us taínos and that this history was never forgotten within my family 🇵🇷

[@modusoperandi7007]

Do one on the Kalinagos ("Caribs") in the lesser Antilles!

[@hiedao.7847]

I am half native from Brazil, all the words You said We also use there and most of them has being mixed in the portuguese language spoke today all over the country. (Arawak root)

[@adrianrosario6457]

Love it my people my culture my country 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@adrianrosario6457]

About to move back over there lol 😂

[@kenya.the.goddess]

Klok 🇩🇴

[@nel716]

I am so glad to hear this I was raised by a Puerto Rican mother and a Dominican stepmother

[@AngryMonkeyKing]

🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 🇩🇴 ALL DAY EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kenya.the.goddess]

Klok 🇩🇴

[@neldadon]

What did 🇩🇴Caonabo💪🫡 do? In retaliation against mistreatment of the Taíno people, Caonabo led attacks against the Spanish, including an assault on La Navidad which left 39 Spaniards dead. His capture in 1494 led to the first native American uprising against the Spanish rule. Caonabo died in Spanish captivity.

[@PrincessIzusu]

I think the Native American that shows up in my DNA is Taino. 23andme hasn't been able to identify a specific country, but considering my grandparents are from then Caribbean, I think it's highly likely 🇯🇲🇬🇾🇧🇧

[@lagreencucaracha]

Alyson Clarke Hi!!! Actually you can. When I did mine in the bottom it pointed out the location. It said Native American then Dominican Republic. My island!! I could see it!! On the scientific portion it breaks it down even more. It divides it from the overall Native American from your region. My region is DR then I am also connected to PR, Cuba. But also connected to Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico. Even when in low confidence that DNA is so strong haha is the only one that doesn’t change. Did you do yours recently? V5? I only ask because it could be that you are from the main land. Just consider it. BUT... check what I told you first. :D

[@PrincessIzusu]

@@lagreencucaracha My data, at least for 23andme doesn't parse out into individual countries except for my European data. Like I've checked multiple times. Even for my dad. It just says Native American. It doesn't go further than that unfortunately :/ I think the native data pool from non Hispanic Caribbean islands is not very big. Oooor I have data from the mainland and just don't know 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@lagreencucaracha]

Alyson Clarke Good morning! I did mine through 23&me. So we have the same type of information. :D My results were updated twice so you should have a breakdown not only on Europe, but Africa (I have Sudan for ex), Western Asia, etc. What does the history of your island say regarding migratory waves, forced labor brought in, etc. I am sure there are discussion groups in 23&me that have data you have not even heard of. This is just pure speculation by the way, but it seems that the % you have is native from the main land like you said above. Maybe on the next revised versions of data things will change OR it just means that you are from main land. Look at the timeline years 23&me assumes this relative could have entered in your history. When you scroll to the bottom. This gives you a starting point. Look for those discussion groups though it is amazing the things you can find (positive things). I would piece together the story as best as it is possible. That is how I see DNA. It is not a photograph of everyone, only the highlights.

[@keisharebeiro4504]

Guyana has lokono (Arawak) and Karinya people.

[@solstice191]

Download the app from Google play..it might come up on the app .

[@ericdudley4169]

Thank you so much for this! You make me proud.

[@DavidSaintloth]

I've been learning more and more about the Taino part of my ancestry, being of Ayisien descent (Ayiti is one of the names, Quesquiya is the other... that the Taino themselves.. called the island now shared by "Haiti" and "The Dominican Republic) there is often a great deal of propaganda floating around regarding the presence of Taino culture and descent on the island but it's notable presence in my genes and that of my mother and siblings shows that within me they still live despite the attempts at democide that the Colonizers engaged over them. And not just the genes.... Taino contributions are all over the Kreyol language for example and Taino food practices are still present on the island. A particularly interesting possibility in my lineage is that the triple admixture that we possess with multiple European elements likely demonstrates a Pirate signal as both my parents come from coastal towns to the far North and far South of the island. This is notable as the "Haitian" side of the island harbored much piracy from the Spanish "discovery" well toward the establishment of permanent French presence when they founded St. Domingue colony. The pirate signal can only emerge in places where free peoples of various ethnicity were able to interact and admix and that tended to happen in coastal villages that were pirate friendly and thus did not bias for any given "flag".

[@ElNegringoKreyolito]

Awesome comment with mind expanding info. Mèsi!😌🙏🏿🖤

[@jessicacooney9677]

Love this! Thank you for teaching me about my ancestors ❤

[@em-xq6jv]

I’m from DR so thanks I have wondered who were my natives

[@aprlshowers]

Thank you so much for making this video and talking about taino culture in such a public format!!

[@whipala5367]

Soy quechua y la verdad RESPETO MUCHO A LOS VERDADEROS TAÍNOS 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽MERECEN TODO EL RESPETO Y DESARROLLO SUS TIERRAS 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@omen911]

I'm Mexican and I use all the taino words mentioned, I feel so happy to know that I keep ancestors alive through language and through foods, soy mexicana y yo uso todas las palabras tainas mencionadas y me da tanto gusto saber que mantengo vivo a los ancestros mediante el idioma y la comida, QUE VIVAN SIEMPRE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS NATIVOS DE ESTA TIERRA ✊🔥✊🔥✊ NUNCA DEJEMOS QUE NUESTRAS RAICES MUERAN 🌞

[@augustsage7265]

This touched my spirit... I'm so proud to be partially of indigenous decent. :)

[@augustsage7265]

Sean Alexander - You’re absolutely right. I actually had a long conversation with a good friend of mine who is PR about this topic. I actually posted this way before that conversation and so I understand where you are coming from. However, I do have indigenous blood in my family, and while it’s not a lot, it’s there. I definitely won’t continue to use that term since it could be offensive to some folks, but I also won’t deny my indigenous ancestry. For now, Afro-Indo-Caribbean is closest that I can found. Thank you for your input

[@XayMynx]

❤️❤️❤️That was beautiful 😢😢😢

[@theflapperbassist1361]

I'm so happy I cried, I thought I was the only one who tried to learn and preserve the culture of my ancestors

[@IjusVindrBjorr]

This video makes me so happy . I’m happy this video was made. I feel proud and it’s beautiful to know what has remained part of us even now. I like seeing the culture that is still here

[@dairinrodriguez6597]

TABACO Y RON TABACO TABACOO!!! I love my blood all of my ancestors Afro European Taino with my little middle Eastern jew ❤❤❤❤❤ my blood with Bachata & Merengue proud of all that. That it was born in Dominican Republic. 😍😍😍😍

[@justinberard6630]

Hola, he aprendido tanto sobre la gente taina a traves de este video. Muchas gracias por todo. Voy a compartirselo con mis estudiantes.

[@thereisahaironurscreen282]

Where my Latinos & latinas at ? And also Americans 💞 Comment where ur from💕 (I'm Cuban)

[@onishojo9430]

Puerto Ricoooo! Hola vecina!

[@paransevia9460]

Lmao 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺❤️

[@isabelarauzdiaz8432]

I'm from Canada but my mom and dad are from Nicaragua 😄

[@izeahb2720]

IssaQueen Puerto Rico 🇵🇷😁

[@omarsantos4027]

Mexico

[@yanicerivera7227]

Yesss I’m Puerto Rican and couldn’t be more proud to be a part of the Taínos! My beautiful island of Borinquén