Indian Ceremonial Part By: Nelsonafael Collazo autor of the book Tibet Centro Ceremonial Indigena Indigenous Ceremonial Center. Edicion Bilingue
"The Indian Ceremonial Center of Tibes ,located in the city of Ponce was discovered in 1975.The frist inhabitants of the area were Indians who came from South America. They must have settled here at about the beginning of the christian era,near the third century. Slowly ,the Tainos Indians occupied and shared the places acquired by the Inneris.
At approximately 800 years before the Discovery of Puerto Rico had constructed the "bateyes"or Ceremonial Parks, That we have today at the Tibes Ceremonial Park.Here they used to celebrate their "Areytos or traditional festivities,their sports and other importants events.Maybe in the past,the utilized the place as a cemetery or burial place.There is evidence that they constructed structures(bohios) in the Ceremonial Center although their living quarters were not built here.
At the Museum in the Ceremonial Park of Tibes ,we may see burials,charm idols,vessels,petrogliphs and other artfacts used bt the Indians who lived here.The place is a sanctuary of prehistoric trees such as "higuero,hucar,guanabana,corazon"among other.There are varieties of birds such as "martinete(hammer),ruisenor(nightingale),pitirre.mucaro(owl),zorzaly carpintero (woodpecker),which existed at the times of our Indian.There is also yucca,tobacco,corn,"lerenes"and other indigenous Plantation in the area."
Thank to the autor of this book that has giving me permisson to post this and has giving me other book to look at ."Huellas de un mundo perdido, Raiz de la conciencia" these book with the one I have Diccionario Taino Ilustrado by Edwin Miner Sola and the Pictografias y Petroglifos by NelsonRafael Collazo ar very value book to have. If you like to keep in touch with him he is in Nelsonrafael Collazo Grau HC-92box6850 JAYUYA,PR.00664 telefone 787-828-0063.nelsonrafael@chose.net for more value information. Thank you nelsonrafael for this value information and your book has a very nice ilustration.
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