Takaji Datiaono

Saludos mis parientes

Greetings My Relatives

En su cronica llamada RELACION SOBRE LAS ANTIGUEDADES DE LOS INDIOS, escrita en el a~o 1498, el monje Ramon Pane escribio lo siguiente en el capitulo XVI con respecto a la labor del bohitiu, el…

Takaji Datiaono

Saludos mis parientes

Greetings my relatives

Fue para mi un gran honor haber oficiado la boda de nuestra linda hermana taina Boricua Jesse Rivera y su novio el waribo Apache-Maya Michael Aku Rodriguez.

Yo llegue el Miercoles 20 de Agosto al aeropuerto en una ciudad del estado de  Connecticut.…

Yoka Hu es el se~or de la vida y la energia. El es la manifestacion espiritual de todo lo que vive, de la esencia vital en si, la manifestacion de toda la energia quimica y fisica, especialmente la energia combustible, el fuego, el sol, una explosion. La magia y el poder de este cemi se encuentra en el aliento tibio de un ni~o, a la vez que tambien se encuentra en…

CREADOR O CREADORA?.....CREATOR OR CREATRESS?

 ponencia bilingue (Espa~ol-Ingles)..............bilingual post (Spanish-English)

(Go down below the Spanish version to find the English version)

Takaji Datiaono

Saludos mis parientes

Greetings My…

photo by Kimberly June

Takaji datiao

Saludos Mis Parientes

Greetings My Relatives

El Domingo 20…

Takaji My Relatives

The months of June, July, August and September are typically recognized as the hurricane season in the Caribbean. I want to take a moment here now that we are actually in that period of the year to re-publish a blog I shared years ago about the Taino semies Hu-Rakan and GuaBanSex and their…

Takaji Da-Taio-No

Saludos mis parientes

Greetings My…

Bibi Vanessa Inaru le dirije la palabra a los participantes de la conferencia

Bibi Vanessa Inaru speaks to the participants of the conference

Takaji Mis Hermanos y Hermanas…

Da Tiao-no (Mis Hermanos y Hermanas) (My Brothers and Sisters)

Por segunda vez nuestra hermana Vanessa Inaru organizo una excursion oficial de Tainos al Museo Nacional del Indio Americano en la ciudad de Washingto DC. el dia Martes 22 de Abril 2014. No habiamos estado alli desde nuestra primera…

Mis Parientes

 Fue para mi un honor compartir un precioso dia de primavera este ultimo Sabado 12 de Abril 2014 con mis hermanos y hermanas tainos de la ciudad de Lancaster, Pennsylvania celebrando la ceremonia LUNA LLENA del Circulo…

I shared a wonderful experience of Spring Season prayer and ceremony with my dear friends of Iukaieke Guainia at Brooke Park in The Bronx, New York this past Sunday March 23 2014 as I prepared to leave for my trip to Cuba.

We were joined by Kasike Roberto Mucaro Borrero and his whole family as well as several other members of the Taino Resurgence community of New…

Takaji My Relatives

It was my honor to officiate this year's SPRING EQUINOX ceremony at the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle's Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge near Pittsburgh on Saturday March 22 2014.

We gathered, as we have for 34 years, to celebrate the fertility of our sacred Earth and Water Mother Ata Bey and the rebirth of her divine son Yoka…

Takaji My Relatives

It was an honor for me to represent the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle and Native American traditional respect for the world's water at this year's World Water Day.

We gathered on the bank of the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of the South…

Takaji Tiaos

Como lo demuestra las escrituras de los cronistas espa~oles, nuestros antepasados tainos se cubrieron las cabezas con atuendos que en ciertas ocaciones se asemejaban a gorras. Tambien es parte de la cronica de los conquistadores el echo que al ofrecerles gorras de manufactura europea los tainos las acceptaron con…

Nuestra hermana Bibi Margarita Nogueras visito nuestra ciudad de Pittsburgh este fin de semana y trajo con ella la sabiduria y tradicion de nuestros antepasados tainos. Ella es la patrocinadora de la Jornada Indigena Taina que se…

It was such a wonderful honor for me to have participated in this year's signature Peaceburgh New Year's eve event, AGE OF MAGIC. I was particularly humbled to have been asked by the organizer, Cassandra Mousey to lead the midnight count-down ceremony to the four sacred directions and to the Earth Mother and Father Sky.…

Takaji My Relatives

It was a wonderful honor for me to officiate this year's Winter Solstice Ceremony in Miami, Florida on Dec 21st 2013 at Women's Park where we have celebrated it for the past seven years.

We were joined by a number of our wonderful Florida friends who came in from all over the state.

From the gulf coast in the west…

llustrations:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2…

Takaji My Relatives

It was a wonderful honor for us here at the Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE to host our Taino tiaos (relatives) here in the Pittsburgh area for the first time at Full Moon Ceremony on Sunday November17, 2013.

The ceremony was attended by a number of our dear friends from the Peaceburgh…

Takaji My Relatives

A wonderful group of friends, both Natives and non-Natives gathered this evening at 5:00 PM, at the Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE , our family home, to observe our Taino…