What even are these comments lol. It’s really not that deep. Connecting with a culture my people are born out of doesn’t mean I’m replicating a ritual.
Sabi Diaz Also, they aren’t doing Hatian voodoo. If anything this is closer to DR’s on “voodoo” the 21 Divisions. However to my knowledge yucahu isn’t a member of this tradition, so it’s likely a recreation of practices based on what few records we have left. Haiti and DR are similar, but traditions are different.
Taino ti , Darío I encourage you to go ahead and make a difference by learning our ancestors language . I also a Fotuto in Taino is Mestizo. Other words a white indian. From the People of Cibao. Cibao is a Taino Word , english is Rocky Mountain. KOKI 🏹
Thats Crazy! Not sure how thats possible! Our merengue music is a representation of our tririacial roots in the Dominican Republic. The Güira represents our Taino roots, the Accordion is our European roots and the Dominican Tambora "drum" is our African roots. We use lots of Taino words in the Dominican language, our towns, cities, rivers have Taino name. Our cuisine also has Taino influences. Hey its never to late to know about our rich culture.
So proud of being Puerto Rican and so proud on how we still incorporate Taino words into our language -naming cities, flora, etc., - as well as how we celebrate the Taino culture to remember where we came from.
Ella solo estaba diciendo que era orgullosa de tener raízes Taina. Nadie estaba diciendo que las del vídeo no eran Dominicana. Ella ni menciona nada de eso. Los Tainos eran de todo el Caribe no solo de la tierra Hispañola. Aprende el idioma primero antes de comentar. Y no te estoy criticando. Ni nada de eso. Por se acaso.
You're proud of being called a byword rich port read a book call WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS U want to read about Puerto Rican in the Bible read the book of Hosea God called you Ephraim sons and daughters of Joseph son of Jacob who name was changed to Israel. Boricua (Puerto Rican) means "Brave and noble lord.
I'm proud to know my indigenous identity 💖 My great grandmother still spoke her indigenous language despite Spanish conquistadors trying to get rid of the Mexican indigenous people's culture. Proud to know some words in Otomi 💖 although most of them are bad words LOL :P
In memory of the Tainos burn some white sage in a shell and use a feather to scatter the smoke ( Native American) and burn a candle and say some prayers. Always keep their memories alive and the sacrifice they made for survival. They will not be Forgotten!
Don't burn white sage unless you are from a tribe that practices that. Don't burn non-European sage full stop. It is now an endangered crop and is one of the most appropriated things in all of native tradition. In memory of the Tainos, learn their history and support their causes. Stop being a cultural tourist or vulture.
burn sage if you want there is no such thing as cultural appropriation that's just a load of bull if you honor your ancestors that keep doing it let no one tell you what you can and can't do
Very true...we Latinas need to learn and embrace our gorgeous background before you embrace anyone's... i love being P.R and D.R and Cuban we are all brothers
I’m Australian. My father was from Puerto Rico. I never new it was called this... I knew it as borinquin... I knew I was Taino... they want us assimilated... all indigenous cultures must remember who we really are!
I marked 'Hispanic/Latino - Puerto Rican, 'White' - German (as my mother is white and that is the most prominent one) and then I marked 'other' and wrote in Taíno on mine when I filled out out. I thought about marking the native box, but I wasn't sure about how that worked. Yeah, Boriken is part of the Americas, but we are Caribbean as well, I don't know. Either way, I wanted it to be counted. I'm light skinned, but I was even considering marking African, seeing as how I do have some from being PR, but I'm not exactly sure on that one so I just didn't mark it. Puerto Rican really should maybe be considered our own race/ethnicity in a way, because our genetic makeup is unique.
You are likely mostly white from Spanish heritage, Followed by African heritage, with a bit of Taino. Don't just claim your 10% because that's not right. If you are going to claim it I hope you are claiming your African and Spanish just as much or more.
@@CommunityUUG not all of us have everything you say. Some of us have higher Taino dna. I took a test and I’m 60% Taino 3% African and the rest is a mix of European countries
I can’t wait to show my daughter all the cultures that make up her beautiful soul. And to be proud of her Taino, Puerto Rican, Dominican, French, Dutch, African, Spaniard, and Moore blood. It’s just sad that her father only acknowledges the fact that he’s a white American. When his own family Irish, Portuguese, and who knows what else .
the feeling was so strong my heart leaps out of my chest and I want to cry I want to know more about our culture they told us that they died out but there is still hope
Wonderful expository video. I greatly admire your sense of centeredness and serenity which you derived from our Taíno heritage. I hope that this will become the norm in our beloved Borinken and among our Brethren in the States & overseas.
I have been on a long journey, many chapters. This is my next one, connecting to my Taino roots, learning my spirt guides, IIm so grateful to have arrived now to this space. Thank you for sharing.
I think it's stupid when people try disparaging others for claiming their Taino ancestry or trying to represent it. It doesn't stop there, you can apply this (If not more so), to all the varying degrees of mestizo mixes throughout South America. Focusing on Taino: obviously there's been an irreparable loss of culture, history, language and DNA, due to the chaos of history-- but how can you tell others that they shouldn't be able to restart, rebuild and reclaim parts of their ancestry? Even if we take the most strict, objective and pragmatic approach to finding the heirs of this identity, there aren't any other groups of people who'd proceed modern day people of these lands. Regardless of how mixed and complicated the genome has become, they're irrefutably the children of the Taino people. It's not a question of whether they're more European, or African, etc. They posses the last remnants of Taino culture and DNA. If there's a strong push for Puerto Ricans or Dominicans to identify as Native American and as neo-Taino people-- in a cultural renaissance of sorts, I don't see any viable arguments against it. Only from ignorant or racist people who'd have issues with a modern day Latino people being labelled Native American. I think Puerto Ricans should be able to identify as Taino and Native American without scrutiny if they so choose. I don't think the United States should offer Latinos the same benefits as North-American Natives, but a real change in the way ALL South, Central and Caribbean Americans are categorized should be welcomed and understood. (I'm Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian with 26% Native American DNA according to my sequenced genome)
I found out in recent years that I am a Taino's descendant. i was very surprised because in DR they always said the Taino people... they all died. I will like to see the island of PR, DR, and Cuba to create a cacicazgo to honor our ancestors.
The only thing that strikes me odd is to see a woman drumming. In North American Indigenous communities its just not done. To long of an explanation for cell phone.
Thank you Taino sisters. Since i can remember i knew i was Taino, my family tells me i used to sit on a rock, as a toddler, bathing in the sun, and not playing with my brothers and sisters, and they asked me why, and i would tell them, "because i want to be dark like my brothers."
Oh my... its so amazing! I've searching for rituals to blessed my garden that I will plant after mother's day. Naci y me crie en PR. Siempre sentí la necesidad de conectar con mis ancentros. Es hasta que me mude a Virginia que esta necesidad se ha hecho inmensa. Gracias por compartir!!!
Yo vengo de una familia muy criolla, principalmente por el lado de mi padre. El abuelo paterno de mi padre (mi bisabuelo) era de raza mixta aunque se le notaban rasgos predominantes de afrodescendiente a la vez que de taíno y de eurodescendiente, pero su legado cultural no llegó a mí y a mis hermanos. Mi madre, que Dios me la bendiga, era mestiza al igual que todos sus hermanos y hermanas. Mis abuelos maternos también eran mestizos, pero eran culturalmente criollos, por lo cual tampoco pude obtener esa herencia cultural taína. Desde principios de mi adolescencia he ido poco a poco redescubriendo mis orígenes étnicos, raciales y culturales con la finalidad de conectarme con mis raíces y revivir esa parte de la cultura de mis antepasados que quedó congelada durante generaciones en mi familia. I come from a very spanish creole family, mainly on my father's side. My father's paternal grandfather (my great-grandfather) was of mixed race although he was noted for predominant traits of Afro-descendant as well as Taíno and Euro-descendant, but his cultural legacy did not reach me and my siblings. My mother, God bless her, was a mestiza (spanish & taino descendant) like all her brothers and sisters. My maternal grandparents were also mestizos, but they were culturally Spanish Creole, so I couldn't obtain that Taino cultural heritage either. Since the beginning of my adolescence I have been slowly rediscovering my ethnic, racial and cultural origins in order to connect with my roots and revive that part of my ancestors' culture that was frozen for generations in my family.
An Archaeologist named Sven Loven came up with the name Taino as well as Arawak and Carib contrary to the historical fiction that says otherwise. The same can be said regarding the Toltecs, Mayan, Aztec, Cherokees, Navajoes etc. It is all the socially constructed product of westernized society. Ask yourself why would the same people who conquered us want us to know who we really are outside of their interpretation of who we are to them? For those like me who's fathers are of what is referred to as indigenous ancestry we are western people's political prisoners who they need like parasites need a host in order to live. The fact of the matter is westernized people don't know who we are, never did, they just need us as slaves for their feudal social construct and we know just as much as they do about ourselves which is why many of us have taken on the roles they give us without a second thought of where it all comes from. Most of us are scared to confront the USG over the issue or matter depending on how one see's it. The two women in question do NOT look anything like what is referred to as Indians even if they are of mixed blood, they resemble Spanish Arab Conquistadors , the ones who first came to what is referred to as the Americas back in 1492. In clip 0:36 the woman on the right STRONGLY resembles a middle eastern Arab woman. Both look as though they could be Syrians, Iranians, Yemen etc. They are both pulling a Rachel Dozezal on us either outright or unknowingly pretending to be someone they are not. The sad fact is they are allowed to do so because the idea of race within the confines of the westernized social construct is a pretentious legal fiction.
I feel like I know everything about my African and Spanish history but nothing of my Taino ancestry. The information is almost always buried and difficult to find. I want to claim it and learn as much as I can. And to those of you espousing percentages, and saying "you can't claim it because your genetic percentage isn't high enough." That's blood quantum theory, which is colonizer mentality. Every Puertorican can and should look into their indigenous roots, regardless of percentage. There is more to being native than arbitrary genetic philosophy. The only way to keep their memory, practices, and culture alive is to claim it. The people who invented Blood Quantum knew that, that's why they use it to erase our indigenous identity.
Most so called Puerto 🇵🇷 Ricans think there spanish we are tainos African arawakian libertos descendent our ancestors are from Africa Spaniards dont dance bomba or play the congas
Exactly. I take it you are a gentile, a brother non the less bc of your name here. But ppl won't believe it bc their DNA says nothing about hebrew But they miss the point
@@davidmontanez6068 No, that's not how it works. Don't be a weirdo. Taino ceremonies were shaped over thousands of years. No group of individuals today can make up their own. We have the culture and beliefs from Spain and Africa. We should just stick with those.
@@plostyle2554 This is a colonial and euro-centrists belief. We do not know much about the accuracy of these ceremonies or even the facts taught to Caribbeans about Tainos in school. This is about reclaiming. Since they were taken away from us by force, we will do what we can and what feels right when honoring them and keeping them alive.
@@plostyle2554 I agree in so far as this being made up. However, Taino practices survived through contact with the different African groups which is expressed differently throughout the different islands of the diaspora. You have to know where and what to look for.
We are Ahvvahk not Taino....Taino are the black ladinos and caucasians from Spain and Africa whom came to replace the ahvvahk(Arawak). The people reclassified as afro and negro are the original people of the west indies and or Caribbean. Taino is also a cast system to box out the dark of hue indigene and replace with a pale person. They are also mixtures of the Chinese and Hindus whom came to the Americas via the British company in the 1800s 1845 as indentured servants.
@@amenetwork961 checkout American Arawaks, Copper Hotstep 2.0 and DarkManX TV. You will learn the real deal even why the government are getting away with land theft.
Ancestor?? We are Tainos just who speak Spanish. You can not bring a Zebra from Africa to Canada and expect it to be a Canadian Zebra. Don't get it twisted.
Brother Taino learn the facts before you speak. Spanish was force by the Spaniards our native tongue is Hebrew, read the Bible and The Lost Tribes by Sanders.
Taino people and culture are not history. This looks like someone who is either not a Taino descended person or one in denial. Many of us have been grown up being told that we are Taino and their traditions, culture, food, and words have been passed down to us. By you dismissing this because the conquistadors marked our ancestors as extinct so they could take the land is very ignorant of you. DNA evidence, church records, and family history prove you wrong.
@@galileoandthecrystalgatc1915 . Do you understand the difference between a DNA test and culture? You might as well claim that you are African by culture because you have African DNA in you. Unless you grew up dancing around a camp fire while worshipping the Taino god Atabey then you're not Taino by culture.
@@MrSupernova111 There is more to culture than dancing around a camp fire and worshiping Atabey. Rural Caribbean people retain many elements of Taino culture including linguistic features, agricultural practices, food, herbal remedies, fishing practices, architecture, oral history, and yes some religious practices. Irka Mateo, the older woman in the video actually has content on her channel documenting spiritual practices of people in the country side areas of the Caribbean.
@@MrSupernova111 Puerto Rican culture (The Jibaro variety especially) is how the Taino culture survived and is practiced today. This is proven, there are words recorded by the Spanish that Jibaro people still use today.
The Tainos are God's people the children of Israel the tribe of Ephraim there roots of the Tainos are with the God of Israel they are Jewish people's the history of the Tainos goes back longer than what even those who think they know their true history
Said thing for me to say this being born in my beautiful island Puerto Rico our culture is pagan like all cultures are. I would love to see how my people lived. but would not be part of it. For we worship nature the sun the moon all things that we did not know were evil. To be able to speak my native toughn would be as far as it goes. Dobt get me wrong familia ilove my ricans. But one thing has to do with the other. As to keeppracticing this pagan rituals is to damn the soul. 1 Corinthians 8:6 “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” For we have to be carefull Religion, Culture and Man are all false wrong beleives. Why would i pray to a false God or demon and invite more demons in. Deuteronomy 29:26 “For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:” I worship the only true God in Jesus name. Deuteronomy 11:16 King James Version 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; Like i said nothing against my people but have to let go of pagan cultures and move on to Jesus. God bless.
The Indians are descendents of the 10 lost tribes of Israel. They went to that land to escape Assyria but eventually fell to witchcraft. I understand respect for our ancestry but let's not repeat their evil.
@@galileoandthecrystalgatc1915 yeah. and that's fine but if it's only 2% of their dna and the rest is like 50 % from spain and 48% from sub-saharan africa aka black then it's such a small insignificant amount. it won't show on their features. so sorry, you're wrong. And it's only 61% that has that small trace amount of ALMOST NOTHING native american blood.
@@captaindip6970 My grandma’s side of the family actually looks very indigenous with straight brown hair, monolid eyes, and brown skin and they are descended from Taino so that’s not true. I know Puerto Ricans who take dna tests and find out they’re 25% or close to 50% Native American. People should not use Caribbean Indigenous ancestry to deny their African heritage but denying or minimizing prevalent Taino ancestry is just as bad
Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees are extinct ,gone for good ,dead and not around anyone after 1492 making west Indians Jamaicans ,Puerto Ricans ,Cubans are not direct biological ,hereditary ,genetic descendants of Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees or of Arawak ,Taino ,Paratee descent sharing no genes ,chromosomes ,blood ,biology ,hereditary ,genetics ,history ,culture ,race ,ethnicity ,ethnic origins ,racial origins ,racial background ,ethnic background ,racial heritage ,ethnic heritage ,customs ,traditions ,language , beliefs ,faith ,history having no direct descent or ancestry and are not indigenous or Arawak ,Taino ,Paratee natives having biological connection ,genetic connections ,hereditary connections ,historical connections with Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees with no indigenous blood ,genes ,chromosomes from Arawak ,Paratee ,Taino blood ,genes ,chromosomes in west Indians Puerto Ricans ,Jamaicans , Cubans at being heavily diluted from centuries over a half a millennia nearly six centuries of intermixing just like saying Mexicans ,Salvadorans ,Hondurans ,Guatemalans ,Belizeans are Aztecs or Mayans or African Americans black Americans, the Gullah are indigenous or Russians ,Germans are Prussians ,Ultster Scots ,Scots ,Bretons ,Gallicans ,the Manx ,the Cornish ,the Welsh ,the English (British ) the Ulster English are Celts or Celtic ,Turks are Hittites ,Romans ,Russians are Romans ,Spaniards are Roman ,Romanians are Roman ,Italians ,the French are Roman ,the Portuguese are Roman,Iraqs are Sumerians ,Assyrians ,Berbers are Vandals .
As a Dominican I am always looking for whatever I can to better connect to my Taino ancestors. Thank you
Go do Haitian voodoo then. That's what they do.
Sabi Diaz damn you sound a lil butthurt
雨 no she's just giving a suggestion & you can't literally hear her can you? 😂
What even are these comments lol. It’s really not that deep. Connecting with a culture my people are born out of doesn’t mean I’m replicating a ritual.
Sabi Diaz Also, they aren’t doing Hatian voodoo. If anything this is closer to DR’s on “voodoo” the 21 Divisions. However to my knowledge yucahu isn’t a member of this tradition, so it’s likely a recreation of practices based on what few records we have left. Haiti and DR are similar, but traditions are different.
I am Dominican and was never taught anything about Tainos.
It's never too late to learn...thanks for making this.
Ironically all of this is Haitian voodoo. 💯
@@SabinaCesar2024 Interesting i don't know anything about voodoo either.
Taino ti , Darío I encourage you to go ahead and make a difference by learning our ancestors language . I also a Fotuto in Taino is Mestizo. Other words a white indian. From the People of Cibao.
Cibao is a Taino Word , english is Rocky Mountain. KOKI 🏹
Thats Crazy! Not sure how thats possible! Our merengue music is a representation of our tririacial roots in the Dominican Republic. The Güira represents our Taino roots, the Accordion is our European roots and the Dominican Tambora "drum" is our African roots. We use lots of Taino words in the Dominican language, our towns, cities, rivers have Taino name. Our cuisine also has Taino influences. Hey its never to late to know about our rich culture.
THE WOMANS IN THEVIDEO ARE DOMINICANS
So proud of being Puerto Rican and so proud on how we still incorporate Taino words into our language -naming cities, flora, etc., - as well as how we celebrate the Taino culture to remember where we came from.
ella son Dominicanas
es una folklorista Dominicana llamada irka Mateo
Ella solo estaba diciendo que era orgullosa de tener raízes Taina. Nadie estaba diciendo que las del vídeo no eran Dominicana. Ella ni menciona nada de eso. Los Tainos eran de todo el Caribe no solo de la tierra Hispañola. Aprende el idioma primero antes de comentar. Y no te estoy criticando. Ni nada de eso. Por se acaso.
You're proud of being called a byword rich port read a book call WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS
U want to read about Puerto Rican in the Bible read the book of Hosea God called you Ephraim sons and daughters of Joseph son of Jacob who name was changed to Israel.
Boricua (Puerto Rican) means "Brave and noble lord.
What does flora mean?
Proud Dominican Taino! Thank you Iraka Mateo for representing the Taínos of Quisqueya 🇩🇴 ❤️
I am half Puerto Rican, I know my grandparents are a heavy % of Taino, I love learning more about my culture!
I'm proud to know my indigenous identity 💖 My great grandmother still spoke her indigenous language despite Spanish conquistadors trying to get rid of the Mexican indigenous people's culture. Proud to know some words in Otomi 💖 although most of them are bad words LOL :P
Why aren't you going to learn the full language? It's still a vital language... you can speak it with people...
@@dimitriweij5181 not that easy
In memory of the Tainos burn some white sage in a shell and use a feather to scatter the smoke ( Native American) and burn a candle and say some prayers. Always keep their memories alive and the sacrifice they made for survival. They will not be Forgotten!
Don't burn white sage unless you are from a tribe that practices that. Don't burn non-European sage full stop. It is now an endangered crop and is one of the most appropriated things in all of native tradition. In memory of the Tainos, learn their history and support their causes. Stop being a cultural tourist or vulture.
Isabel Araujo what if u are Taino tho
@@imdav2002 You got your own traditions that can be reclaimed without taking from other Natives or erasing history.
burn sage if you want there is no such thing as cultural appropriation that's just a load of bull if you honor your ancestors that keep doing it let no one tell you what you can and can't do
@@isabelaraujo4825 yes, this is very important.
Very true...we Latinas need to learn and embrace our gorgeous background before you embrace anyone's... i love being P.R and D.R and Cuban we are all brothers
We all family but sometimes we don't be acting like it just saying we need to love each other we all been through so much smh
I’m Australian. My father was from Puerto Rico. I never new it was called this... I knew it as borinquin... I knew I was Taino... they want us assimilated... all indigenous cultures must remember who we really are!
I want to officially be identified as Taino in the US Census. Might be a Proud Puerto Rican; now a prouder Taino.
I marked 'Hispanic/Latino - Puerto Rican, 'White' - German (as my mother is white and that is the most prominent one) and then I marked 'other' and wrote in Taíno on mine when I filled out out. I thought about marking the native box, but I wasn't sure about how that worked. Yeah, Boriken is part of the Americas, but we are Caribbean as well, I don't know. Either way, I wanted it to be counted. I'm light skinned, but I was even considering marking African, seeing as how I do have some from being PR, but I'm not exactly sure on that one so I just didn't mark it. Puerto Rican really should maybe be considered our own race/ethnicity in a way, because our genetic makeup is unique.
You are likely mostly white from Spanish heritage, Followed by African heritage, with a bit of Taino. Don't just claim your 10% because that's not right. If you are going to claim it I hope you are claiming your African and Spanish just as much or more.
@@LilDroidBlue the Tainos were also in many parts of Florida. So you would be right in claiming Native.
@@LilDroidBlue hey! I am also german/Puerto Rican!
@@CommunityUUG not all of us have everything you say. Some of us have higher Taino dna. I took a test and I’m 60% Taino 3% African and the rest is a mix of European countries
I remember in Cuba when they taught us about our ancestors and their traditions. Amazing video 🇨🇺
I can’t wait to show my daughter all the cultures that make up her beautiful soul. And to be proud of her Taino, Puerto Rican, Dominican, French, Dutch, African, Spaniard, and Moore blood. It’s just sad that her father only acknowledges the fact that he’s a white American. When his own family Irish, Portuguese, and who knows what else .
the feeling was so strong my heart leaps out of my chest and I want to cry I want to know more about our culture they told us that they died out but there is still hope
Wonderful expository video. I greatly admire your sense of centeredness and serenity which you derived from our Taíno heritage. I hope that this will become the norm in our beloved Borinken and among our Brethren in the States & overseas.
as a dominican this is so inspiring.
Thank you for keeping our culture alive!! Our future generations will love to know it!!👧👨💇♀👩🚀
Such beauty...... and wonderful you can share with your mother. I am so many different cultures but the indigenous ancestors call me so can hear them.
I’m from Haïti and this inspired my to connect with the ancestors of my native land. Thank you :)
I have been on a long journey, many chapters. This is my next one, connecting to my Taino roots, learning my spirt guides, IIm so grateful to have arrived now to this space. Thank you for sharing.
I think it's stupid when people try disparaging others for claiming their Taino ancestry or trying to represent it. It doesn't stop there, you can apply this (If not more so), to all the varying degrees of mestizo mixes throughout South America. Focusing on Taino: obviously there's been an irreparable loss of culture, history, language and DNA, due to the chaos of history-- but how can you tell others that they shouldn't be able to restart, rebuild and reclaim parts of their ancestry? Even if we take the most strict, objective and pragmatic approach to finding the heirs of this identity, there aren't any other groups of people who'd proceed modern day people of these lands. Regardless of how mixed and complicated the genome has become, they're irrefutably the children of the Taino people. It's not a question of whether they're more European, or African, etc. They posses the last remnants of Taino culture and DNA. If there's a strong push for Puerto Ricans or Dominicans to identify as Native American and as neo-Taino people-- in a cultural renaissance of sorts, I don't see any viable arguments against it. Only from ignorant or racist people who'd have issues with a modern day Latino people being labelled Native American. I think Puerto Ricans should be able to identify as Taino and Native American without scrutiny if they so choose. I don't think the United States should offer Latinos the same benefits as North-American Natives, but a real change in the way ALL South, Central and Caribbean Americans are categorized should be welcomed and understood. (I'm Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian with 26% Native American DNA according to my sequenced genome)
Mom knows how to rock
Beautiful culture
Sooo freaking beautiful looking to reconnect to these sacred traditions of my ancestors ❤️
Beautiful beautiful beautiful 🤩
Proud to be Borinqueña ❤🇵🇷
So beautiful ♥️
Blessed love from 🇯🇲
orgullo taino🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴
I found out in recent years that I am a Taino's descendant. i was very surprised because in DR they always said the Taino people... they all died. I will like to see the island of PR, DR, and Cuba to create a cacicazgo to honor our ancestors.
I SEE HERE 12 DISLIKES , WHO WOULD HIT THE DISLIKE THUMBS DOWN BUTTON ? HERE , WHY ? TAINO IS AMAZING PEOPLE CULTURE & MIX WITH SPANISH IS AWSOME
The only thing that strikes me odd is to see a woman drumming. In North American Indigenous communities its just not done. To long of an explanation for cell phone.
We must all learn more
Great pounding, drumming, plumbing, And pumping
Thank you Taino sisters. Since i can remember i knew i was Taino, my family tells me i used to sit on a rock, as a toddler, bathing in the sun, and not playing with my brothers and sisters, and they asked me why, and i would tell them, "because i want to be dark like my brothers."
My Abuelo is Full Blood Taino from Up in the Mountains Patillas Puerto Rico
You should take a DNA test it would be interesting to see
@@mikkiminach9539 like I mentioned .. my Grandfather (fathers papi) Taino from Puerto Rico ... My Grandmother (fathers mom) Spaniard & some Portuguese
Oh my... its so amazing! I've searching for rituals to blessed my garden that I will plant after mother's day. Naci y me crie en PR. Siempre sentí la necesidad de conectar con mis ancentros. Es hasta que me mude a Virginia que esta necesidad se ha hecho inmensa.
Gracias por compartir!!!
Wow shes beautiful
This is beautiful fantastic work!!
Im proud of my different ancestries
Beautiful❤❤❤
Awesomeness! Peace & Blessings
I know her mother is proud!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Just Beautiful!
It's amazing great stuff :) 😘 aprendi !!
BEAUTIFUL. 💖
I’ma have to start praying to the god of yuca🙏
So beautiful
Amazing 🤩 thank you so much 🪘🌻🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
LET'S GET SERIOUS NOW......I LOVE THIS TAINO RESPECTED WARRIOR LADY🍋 SHE'S AMAZING!!!
Hail to the Gods and spirits of the Tainos! I don't know you well but my ancestors did. Hail!
Yo vengo de una familia muy criolla, principalmente por el lado de mi padre. El abuelo paterno de mi padre (mi bisabuelo) era de raza mixta aunque se le notaban rasgos predominantes de afrodescendiente a la vez que de taíno y de eurodescendiente, pero su legado cultural no llegó a mí y a mis hermanos. Mi madre, que Dios me la bendiga, era mestiza al igual que todos sus hermanos y hermanas. Mis abuelos maternos también eran mestizos, pero eran culturalmente criollos, por lo cual tampoco pude obtener esa herencia cultural taína.
Desde principios de mi adolescencia he ido poco a poco redescubriendo mis orígenes étnicos, raciales y culturales con la finalidad de conectarme con mis raíces y revivir esa parte de la cultura de mis antepasados que quedó congelada durante generaciones en mi familia.
I come from a very spanish creole family, mainly on my father's side. My father's paternal grandfather (my great-grandfather) was of mixed race although he was noted for predominant traits of Afro-descendant as well as Taíno and Euro-descendant, but his cultural legacy did not reach me and my siblings. My mother, God bless her, was a mestiza (spanish & taino descendant) like all her brothers and sisters. My maternal grandparents were also mestizos, but they were culturally Spanish Creole, so I couldn't obtain that Taino cultural heritage either.
Since the beginning of my adolescence I have been slowly rediscovering my ethnic, racial and cultural origins in order to connect with my roots and revive that part of my ancestors' culture that was frozen for generations in my family.
Omg I loved this!!! I love my ancestry, arawak / taino gang 💖💖💖💖
Taino blood ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Um idk if y’all know but their Dominican not Puerto Rican
Taínos were from the Caribbean in general. So, it doesn't matter.
@@alexalicea8690 It does though cause a lot of Puerto Ricans like to act like they're the only tainos and love to say dominicans are just African.
Hex Maniac Gabby People are also ignorant to the fact that the Tainos were also in Haiti not just DR.
Yes Puerto Ricans live in a bubble they think their the only ones with Taino culture and identity hah ha
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I am Dominican. Does your mother give clases
Taino ti.
Si nos es mucha molestia , quiero preguntar cómo es la palabra en Taino , village.
Gracias por su tiempo. 🏹
se llamaba Yukayeke
Where can I get this music?
DAKA TAÍNO🇵🇷🙇🏾♂️
The last surviving Taino is in Cuba a pretty good amount of pure Taino.
An Archaeologist named Sven Loven came up with the name Taino
as well as Arawak and Carib contrary to the historical fiction that says otherwise.
The same can be said regarding the Toltecs, Mayan, Aztec, Cherokees, Navajoes
etc. It is all the socially constructed product of westernized society.
Ask yourself why would the same people who conquered us want us to know who
we really are outside of their interpretation of who we are to them? For those like
me who's fathers are of what is referred to as indigenous ancestry we are western
people's political prisoners who they need like parasites need a host in order to live.
The fact of the matter is westernized people don't know who we are, never did, they
just need us as slaves for their feudal social construct and we know just as much as
they do about ourselves which is why many of us have taken on the roles they give
us without a second thought of where it all comes from. Most of us are scared to
confront the USG over the issue or matter depending on how one see's it.
The two women in question do NOT look anything like what is referred to as Indians
even if they are of mixed blood, they resemble Spanish Arab Conquistadors , the ones
who first came to what is referred to as the Americas back in 1492. In clip 0:36 the
woman on the right STRONGLY resembles a middle eastern Arab woman. Both look
as though they could be Syrians, Iranians, Yemen etc.
They are both pulling a Rachel Dozezal on us either outright or unknowingly pretending
to be someone they are not. The sad fact is they are allowed to do so because the idea
of race within the confines of the westernized social construct is a pretentious legal fiction.
Ouch!
I feel like I know everything about my African and Spanish history but nothing of my Taino ancestry. The information is almost always buried and difficult to find. I want to claim it and learn as much as I can. And to those of you espousing percentages, and saying "you can't claim it because your genetic percentage isn't high enough." That's blood quantum theory, which is colonizer mentality. Every Puertorican can and should look into their indigenous roots, regardless of percentage. There is more to being native than arbitrary genetic philosophy. The only way to keep their memory, practices, and culture alive is to claim it. The people who invented Blood Quantum knew that, that's why they use it to erase our indigenous identity.
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Most so called Puerto 🇵🇷 Ricans think there spanish we are tainos African arawakian libertos descendent our ancestors are from Africa Spaniards dont dance bomba or play the congas
I have Taino ancestry and even one of my mothers guides is an indigenous male ancestor.
The PR“Taino” are people derived from Hebrew and Egyptian blood, Dominicans have a deeper connection to Hebrew deriving from the tribe of Simeon
Exactly. I take it you are a gentile, a brother non the less bc of your name here. But ppl won't believe it bc their DNA says nothing about hebrew
But they miss the point
My intuition is that this is mostly made up...... We have Taino blood, but very little culture I think, outside of some words.
The taino of there time made up their own ceremonies to fit their needs, So too should there descendants.
@@davidmontanez6068 No, that's not how it works. Don't be a weirdo. Taino ceremonies were shaped over thousands of years. No group of individuals today can make up their own. We have the culture and beliefs from Spain and Africa. We should just stick with those.
@@plostyle2554 This is a colonial and euro-centrists belief. We do not know much about the accuracy of these ceremonies or even the facts taught to Caribbeans about Tainos in school. This is about reclaiming. Since they were taken away from us by force, we will do what we can and what feels right when honoring them and keeping them alive.
Well we still have the food and instruments.
@@plostyle2554 I agree in so far as this being made up. However, Taino practices survived through contact with the different African groups which is expressed differently throughout the different islands of the diaspora. You have to know where and what to look for.
Yo creo que ellas son tainas como ruso😂
Let go of Egypt and let go of idolatry just because they once existed, does not make them gods
We are Ahvvahk not Taino....Taino are the black ladinos and caucasians from Spain and Africa whom came to replace the ahvvahk(Arawak). The people reclassified as afro and negro are the original people of the west indies and or Caribbean. Taino is also a cast system to box out the dark of hue indigene and replace with a pale person. They are also mixtures of the Chinese and Hindus whom came to the Americas via the British company in the 1800s 1845 as indentured servants.
More Education about the Ahwvvahk People! A future Generations request.
@@amenetwork961 checkout American Arawaks, Copper Hotstep 2.0 and DarkManX TV. You will learn the real deal even why the government are getting away with land theft.
Taino are arawak I have no idea what you're on about
@@hexmaniacgabby5160 Taino and Arawak people are different people. Correct if im wrong
@@saarinenj1 Taino people are decended from the Arawak of South America who migrated to the Caribbean
Ancestor?? We are Tainos just who speak Spanish. You can not bring a Zebra from Africa to Canada and expect it to be a Canadian Zebra. Don't get it twisted.
Brother Taino learn the facts before you speak. Spanish was force by the Spaniards our native tongue is Hebrew, read the Bible and The Lost Tribes by Sanders.
Yet when the wolves were almost killed to extinction in Yellowstone they brought wolves from other areas to repopulate.
@@JerryJar1 No, it's an Arawakan language. Not Hebrew.
The young one is pretty.
Acknowledging history doesn't change history. Its pretentious claiming to be part of a culture that has been extinct for hundreds of years.
Taino people and culture are not history. This looks like someone who is either not a Taino descended person or one in denial. Many of us have been grown up being told that we are Taino and their traditions, culture, food, and words have been passed down to us. By you dismissing this because the conquistadors marked our ancestors as extinct so they could take the land is very ignorant of you. DNA evidence, church records, and family history prove you wrong.
@@galileoandthecrystalgatc1915 . Do you understand the difference between a DNA test and culture? You might as well claim that you are African by culture because you have African DNA in you. Unless you grew up dancing around a camp fire while worshipping the Taino god Atabey then you're not Taino by culture.
@@MrSupernova111 There is more to culture than dancing around a camp fire and worshiping Atabey. Rural Caribbean people retain many elements of Taino culture including linguistic features, agricultural practices, food, herbal remedies, fishing practices, architecture, oral history, and yes some religious practices. Irka Mateo, the older woman in the video actually has content on her channel documenting spiritual practices of people in the country side areas of the Caribbean.
@@galileoandthecrystalgatc1915 . Everything you described is called Puerto Rican which is different from Taino.
@@MrSupernova111 Puerto Rican culture (The Jibaro variety especially) is how the Taino culture survived and is practiced today. This is proven, there are words recorded by the Spanish that Jibaro people still use today.
They are awrake Indians... taino is dark skin
The Tainos are God's people the children of Israel the tribe of Ephraim there roots of the Tainos are with the God of Israel they are Jewish people's the history of the Tainos goes back longer than what even those who think they know their true history
Said thing for me to say this being born in my beautiful island Puerto Rico our culture is pagan like all cultures are. I would love to see how my people lived. but would not be part of it. For we worship nature the sun the moon all things that we did not know were evil. To be able to speak my native toughn would be as far as it goes. Dobt get me wrong familia ilove my ricans. But one thing has to do with the other. As to keeppracticing this pagan rituals is to damn the soul.
1 Corinthians 8:6
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”
For we have to be carefull Religion, Culture and Man are all false wrong beleives.
Why would i pray to a false God or demon and invite more demons in.
Deuteronomy 29:26
“For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:”
I worship the only true God in Jesus name.
Deuteronomy 11:16
King James Version
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Like i said nothing against my people but have to let go of pagan cultures and move on to Jesus.
God bless.
The Indians are descendents of the 10 lost tribes of Israel. They went to that land to escape Assyria but eventually fell to witchcraft. I understand respect for our ancestry but let's not repeat their evil.
. these are not Tainos... These are Spaniards with a hint of Sub Saharan African,
There was a study that found that 61% of Puerto Ricans alone had Native American mitochondrial dna. Sorry, you’re wrong.
@@galileoandthecrystalgatc1915 yeah. and that's fine but if it's only 2% of their dna and the rest is like 50 % from spain and 48% from sub-saharan africa aka black then it's such a small insignificant amount. it won't show on their features. so sorry, you're wrong. And it's only 61% that has that small trace amount of ALMOST NOTHING native american blood.
@@captaindip6970 My grandma’s side of the family actually looks very indigenous with straight brown hair, monolid eyes, and brown skin and they are descended from Taino so that’s not true. I know Puerto Ricans who take dna tests and find out they’re 25% or close to 50% Native American. People should not use Caribbean Indigenous ancestry to deny their African heritage but denying or minimizing prevalent Taino ancestry is just as bad
These folks are Dominican not Puerto Rican.
Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees are extinct ,gone for good ,dead and not around anyone after 1492 making west Indians Jamaicans ,Puerto Ricans ,Cubans are not direct biological ,hereditary ,genetic descendants of Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees or of Arawak ,Taino ,Paratee descent sharing no genes ,chromosomes ,blood ,biology ,hereditary ,genetics ,history ,culture ,race ,ethnicity ,ethnic origins ,racial origins ,racial background ,ethnic background ,racial heritage ,ethnic heritage ,customs ,traditions ,language , beliefs ,faith ,history having no direct descent or ancestry and are not indigenous or Arawak ,Taino ,Paratee natives having biological connection ,genetic connections ,hereditary connections ,historical connections with Tainos ,Arawaks ,Paratees with no indigenous blood ,genes ,chromosomes from Arawak ,Paratee ,Taino blood ,genes ,chromosomes in west Indians Puerto Ricans ,Jamaicans , Cubans at being heavily diluted from centuries over a half a millennia nearly six centuries of intermixing just like saying Mexicans ,Salvadorans ,Hondurans ,Guatemalans ,Belizeans are Aztecs or Mayans or African Americans black Americans, the Gullah are indigenous or Russians ,Germans are Prussians ,Ultster Scots ,Scots ,Bretons ,Gallicans ,the Manx ,the Cornish ,the Welsh ,the English (British ) the Ulster English are Celts or Celtic ,Turks are Hittites ,Romans ,Russians are Romans ,Spaniards are Roman ,Romanians are Roman ,Italians ,the French are Roman ,the Portuguese are Roman,Iraqs are Sumerians ,Assyrians ,Berbers are Vandals .
They’re like 1/4 Taino trying time be 100% Tainos
Shut up. Many of us are less than 15% but we still embrace our ancestors and the things they endured
Nevertheless they have the right to keep their ancestors alive in whatever way they can