Teachings from the Taino Arawak Culture of the Caribbean - Taino Studies

A short film by @forgottenlands.art from the 'Origin' series documenting Caribbean lifestyles that are sustaining history, influenced by Indigenous cultures
Ancestral practices guide conscious ways of healing within everyday life and will continue traditions of the past into the future. We must continue to celebrate our ancestors and traditions.
Shot on location in Cabarete, Dominican Republic by @dalimontesde.oca in collaboration with @tainostudies & @interconnect.life.
Toda nuestra gente bienvenida a nuestros espacios de aprendizaje decolonial, reconectando con nuestras raíces ancestrales caribeñas. All our classes also available in english.
Para más información sobre las clases de cultura e idioma (Arawako) ancestral del Caribe escríbenos a [e-mail]
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[@theroadwarrior577]

As Tainos i believe we are all instinctually drawn to the ocean. We lived for thousands of years sailing and surviving in its waters. its the last 500 years that has ripped us away from her

[@UknownWorlds]

Yes yes.

[@shansands]

This is so true.

[@stephaniecapestany9364]

my mom would take me to the beach while i was in her stomach…22 years later im literally obsessed w the ocean. ik we are connected

[@jeremyarroyo360]

So this explains why I am lolz.

[@usamabaig8851]

Christopher Columbus was a terrorist, he was the devil who tortured and killed innocent Native Americans and took away their lands. Christianity is a terrorist.

[@migdaliafrazier8536]

This is where I find my spirit out in the oceans.. the wind.. the air.. Mother nature.. My soul never forgets where I came from..❤️

[@Mayoyaquiwarrior]

Greetings, we are spirit beings,.. yah is our creator,... He formed us so our spirit comes from him

[@clarkme8952]

My Father is half Puerto Rican half Italian My Mother is all Italian. My Grandfather said our people lived in the mountains of Puerto Rico that's why we're tall and thin. I don't look like either or , I've been told by a girl before that I'm not Puerto Rican because I don't speak Spanish. That hurt. Who is she to judge me. My Great Grandmother was a full blooded Arawak and Great Grandfather was a Spaniard. I still feel I need to learn more about my Ancestors no matter what people say.❤

[@clarkme8952]

@@forty9749 I'll take a look. Thank you 💜✌️

[@EvidenceBasedMedsin]

Taino is not just from Puerto Rico. They didn’t originally speak Spanish (Moorish Latin) either. Ask them what we’re the original “Spaniards”? There should be 3-4 ethic groups-study those and find your path.

[@Imjustherevibin]

💯💯💯 with you my brother.

[@tatumergo3931]

Puerto Rican is somewhat a nationality and definitely a cultural ethnicity. It's not a matter of race or spoken language, it is what you culturally identify with based on heritage. The people of Puerto Rico, just like many other Latin American countries are made up of many different races and cultural ethnicities. Puerto Rico itself was inhabited by natives and colonised mainly by Spaniards, but also by people from other European countries and even middle eastern and Asian countries. Just like Spaniards from the iberian peninsula, also came people from the canary islands, Portugal, France and Italy. There were also people from Morocco, Lebanon and Syria. And finally there were also emigrants from the different parts of China. So technically you can be from anywhere you want to be.....you are human and a citizen of this world. P.S. The only thing you won't be able to be is a Martian..... besides they're green coloured!....like a green banana. (Plátano Verde).

[@tatumergo3931]

​@@EvidenceBasedMedsin . WHAT?....... ¿QUE?......

[@anniel9126]

I believe this is my true ancestors, I'm from Barbados and it resonates so deeply in me..

[@pinwheelart2825]

I have always said I could never live too far from the ocean. 💖🌀💖🌀

[@victorlopez2143]

YUP - I live 4 miles from the Ocean on Cape Cod..2 miles from the Canal..

[@sinsational93]

Im tearing up because I think my ancestors are trying to bring me back to them. Ive had visions of these scenes for the past couple years….

[@Reeses0810]

As a young boy my grandparents would tell me they were Taino or hill people my grandfather would make trips to the ocean often I have always been drawn to it in a very spiritual way everyone loves the beach but my link to it seemed to be different almost trance like still is I often spend great amounts of time in our wilderness areas always solo. as I was taught I started each trail-day drawing a circle in the dirt placing a pebble in the center and covering with soil as I was told when younger just to show acknowledgment and thanks to the forest. Not sure of the true meanings of this act but was told it was the proper Taino belief.

[@veirutadj]

Proud of my Arawak heritage!

[@masato8503]

We are our ancestors really got me. i just wanna honor them. and hearing that makes me emotional

[@felipemendez8453]

He aprendido que todos los pueblos, o más bien las tribus aborígenes de las Américas, es decir, los nativos Americanos, todos, sin importar sus orígenes, ellos mantenían un solemne respeto a la naturaleza. Me parece perfectamente bien lo que has comunicado aquí, ya que conocemos la verdad, y esa verdad es que la naturaleza nos sostiene a todos, por lo tanto, nos toca, más bien, es nuestra responsabilidad sostener la naturaleza. Asgámoslo entonces con amor y respeto a nuestros ancestros.

[@REVALG]

Mi corazón se rebosa con el orgullo de ser boriqua ❤

[@user-ub4lk3pf3w]

I have never been to the mother land. But I am always amazed to see how much of my family I have with me. And how much our culture has shaped the wider world.

[@PercussionistWilliamRuiz]

Love it! Pure and natural!

[@chestersabajo5527]

Yo soy Taino Arawak de Suriname,Sud America🙏🏻☺.somos taino de caribeña y Sud America

[@craftymama518]

This soothes me. I need the sea to reset and revive me. Thank you.

[@vickyvazquez2540]

Very wise young man...he's definitely in awareness...🙏

[@indigenous1398]

New sub , learning our culture and traditions r important to our generation to pass down 🎉

[@tatumergo3931]

What's more important is that the taíno youths get married with native Indian girls from Suriname (Amazon) and bring back the race.

[@svesnopp3015]

Protect this important wise human being I will spread your word always and forever

[@dianaizechevarria8396]

Love this! I can do relate and I wish many more can open their hearts to nature and respect it and cherish it! 🌊

[@lunamystica6856]

Me dió escalofrío gracias por enseñar a la nueva generación.

[@KSimone-r5f]

I am related. This is beautiful. Thank you.

[@johalimathews2190]

Con razón me encanta tanto la playa.

[@kingspriests5361]

amazing

[@jsantiago8979]

Gracia ❤❤❤

[@travisroman5873]

Why have you stopped posting, and spreading this knowledge?

[@vvalle3318]

Beautiful:)...Please continue posting more beautiful video and learning on to speak the language...my mother language..... how I miss my MOTHER LAND !!!!!!!!

[@itege8635]

Corriente constante de sabiduría y amor. Gracias por tu energía y hermandad

[@LauraAlden]

this really moved me. thank you 🕊

[@ezequielbriones6943]

Awsome sounds like the Shofar

[@RaAyla369]

I noticed the same as well! ❤

[@emperorlelouch5696]

Learning about our roots. Love you all❤️☮️

[@Degerock3]

Brilliant. More please🙏🏾

[@CravenMoorhead888]

Taiguey, guaitíao

[@itege8635]

En el minuto 4:34 gracias Atabey!

[@solgerman4122]

😍

[@crislell]

Thank you for sharing 🥰

[@naturadancehugomarcel9175]

Abrazo por este video natural!!

[@AutenticoLaVaina]

Buen video taino 4 life

[@larryoquendotorres9470]

The white man Spaniard and British has tried to mix our skin complexion, peró NÚNCA podran mezclar nuestras almas Arawakanas.🇵🇷💪🏼

[@thunderstump3012]

What about Taino Arawak native names? Did they have a system for first names/surnames/tribal names?

[@deedee8043]

These information was lost so unfornuatley they have spanish surnames other english surnames now even in Trinidad And Tobago they never died out the history books lied

[@deedee8043]

And yes they did have a system

[@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105]

Bob Marley's Mother was a Arawak Tribe descendente. .

[@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105]

@@forty9749 Exactly. But his father was European. ( I did resurch about that on,Google Images, Goggle wikipedia,and KZbin. There is many information out there. ✨👍🙂🪻)

[@user-bk4ml7bs3d]

❤

[@itege8635]

Los niños vieron y aprendieron mucho de este video. Dicen que vieron un ancestro con aliento de trueno en las ramas detrás de ti.

[@МИХАИЛСЕДЫХ-ж4ж]

Михаил Седых VIKTOROV 12:25 👋✔23 апр. 2021 г

[@chrislecky710]

Xaymaca

[@averyswaby6690]

Some people thing that all the Taínos are died and some don’t but idk

[@usamabaig8851]

Idk means?

[@rrrr3236]

@@usamabaig8851 I don’t know

[@bop2bops]

Did my DNA test and I have indigenous blood from taino indian

[@tatumergo3931]

So you should travel to south America to the Amazon and marry and indian girl from there. Then have a lot of babies in order to strengthen and bring back the taíno race.

[@SpinningRevolver-4]

22% here and my cousin got 36% also other members got 40% too it's varies different % in us.

[@certbobdobbs1703]

i am white but this my bloodline

[@gauravk.s.326]

🙏 Indigenous American Arawak resemble not certain significance (no etymology) over the hypothesis that "Might be the aboriginals Ethopian migrants once entered into the Indian subcontinent ; thereby made an escape to the north eastern route all the way through kamchatka to bering and hence the Alaskan!