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This past Sunday April 24 2011 (Maya date "Wukub E" or "Uuc Eb" also know as "7 Road") a group led by the young Taino organizer Rafael Landron and Taino leader of the women's group Bohio Ata Bey, Vanessa Inarunikia…

This wonderful blog was contributed by my Taino brother Edgar Kunuk in our Beike network and I felt inspired to share it here.

Taino Ti

THE SACRED WATERS

Water…

Takaji My Relatives

I had the honor of participating in Spring Equinox Ceremony this past weekend Sunday March 20, 2011 with members of the United Confederation of Taino People, the Yukayeke Guainia and with a large group of other Taino and non-Taino brothers and sisters in a magical little piece of the Bronx called…

Takaji My Relatives

As part of my preparations for the upcoming pilgrimage to the sacred sites of the Mayas in Guatemala this coming June I travelled to the traditional highlands of that country in March of 2011 to confer with the elders who will be guiding us on this powerful nine-day experience.

This is a land where most of the women still wear their traditional hand-woven "corte" skirts, each one colorfully and graphically announcing the town in which she…

Takaji My Relatives

Much of the most spectacular imagery of our ancestors has remained hidden in the darkness of mysterious caves of our islands. Now through the miracle of a new photographic technology called "GigaPan" many of these images are being opened to the eyes of our people. In Dominican Republic the extraordinary iconography of the Deminan Caracaracol…

Takaji Mis Parientes

Takaji My Relatives

Con muy grata satisfaccion me da el placer de informarles que tuve el honor de compartir la ceremonia de LUNA LLENA de Febrero en la ciudad de Kingston New York en el hogar familiar de la hija de nuestro beike-bajo-entrenamiento Chris (Frank) Quintero Aku Turey

 With sweet satisfaction I have the pleasure of informing all of you that I had the honor of sharing February Full…

A Prepararnos Para El Equinoccio De Primavera

Preparing for Spring Equinox

Mis hermanos y hermanas

My brothers and…

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The ancient inhabitants of South Florida included a nation known as the Tekesta Indigenous people.

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We gathered under the shelter at Women's Park on Flagler Street in Miami to celebrate Winter Solstice 2010 under an overcast and rainy sky. We were joined by our brothers and sisters from Boriken and Cuba and other…

Takaji My Relatives

I spent the Full Moon weekend of November 2010 at the home of Amanda (Vargas) Richmond, on the Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas. I spent several days of wonderful socializing and sharing traditional Indigenous cultural crafts such as weaving with Amanda and her kids.

This activity was carried out in keeping with the well-established…

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We experienced a wonderful encounter with the spirit of Mother Earth yesterday Sunday Nov 7 during our Maya-Taino ceremony evening.

K'iche Maya teacher Antonio Ah Ik led us in a powerful Maya fire ceremony and then we participated in a Taino Sweatlodge which allowed us to be reborn from the Cosmic Matriarch.

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