https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla Made with ♥ en-us 2020-06-24 14:05:09 UTC 2025-10-23 11:23:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/54b6b04243145.562f18709381a.jpg rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638800183 Jurakán was the Taino storm god. He controlled the hurricane. He was a difficult to please god who had a tendency to be hostile and aggressive.]]> 2020-06-24 14:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638800183 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638802484 Picture of Jurakán]]> 2020-06-24 14:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638802484 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638891868 In 2016, a Danish genetic scientist found a tooth in a 1000-year old skull found in the Bahamas.  The tooth contained Taino DNA.  The scientist ran DNA tests on 164 Puerto Ricans and 100% of them matched the Taino DNA.  This research suggests that people of Taino ancestry are alive and living in Puerto Rico today. ]]> 2020-06-24 15:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638891868 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638900306 2020-06-24 15:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638900306 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638901826 2020-06-24 15:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638901826 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638902752 Zemi, who was both male and female, was an important god who protected the Taino from diseases, hurricanes and war.  Medicine men wold consult with the Zemi for advice and healing. Carved figures of the Zemi, like the one in the picture below,  were used in many ceremonial rituals. ]]> 2020-06-24 15:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638902752 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638910728 According to the Taino creation story, Taino people emerged from the Cave of the Jagua.   Everyone other than the Taino, was believed to have emerged from the Cave of Amayaoena (which means the Cave of No Importance).  Caves were used as sacred sanctuaries for performing ceremonial rituals and were considered sacred spaces.  Taino caves often contained petroglyphs (figures and symbols etched in stone), as seen in the picture of the cave below. ]]> 2020-06-24 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638910728 rbaldwin01_2 https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638915500 2020-06-24 15:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rbaldwin01_2/8bvzlgytr9on5lla/wish/638915500