CARIB INDIANS

CARIB ARE KALINGO PEOPLE WHO THE CARIBBEAN WAS NAMED FROM. THE PEOPLE SPEAK AN AMERIDIAN OR CARIB LANGUAGE AND LIVE IN VENEZUELA. THEY RAIDED ON OTHER GROUPS THAT RESULTED SO MANY FEMALE ARAWAKS AS CAPTIVES. THE WOMEN SPOKE KALLUPHOA AN ARAWAKAN LANGUAGE THEY COEXISTED WITH A RELATED CARIBBEAN SPEAKING GROUP.

THE CARIBS ARE BELIEVED TO MIGRATED FROM THE ORINOCO RIVER ON SOUTH AMERICA TO SETTLE IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ABOUT 1200 A.D. BASED ON CARBON DATING. DURING TO COLUMBUS'S ARRIVAL HERE IN 1492, THE CARIBS DISPLACED THE MAIPAIPUREAN DISPLACED THE FOLKS WHO SETTLED THE ISLAND CHAINS EARLIER IN HISTORY.

THE CARIBS TRADED WITH EASTERN TAINO. THE CARIBS PRODUCED SILVER. NON OF THE INDIANS MINED FOR GOLD, BUT OBTAINED IT BY TRADE FROM THE MAIN LAND. THEY BUILT BOATS AND WERE SAILORS. THEY APPEARED TO HAVE TO OWED THEIR DOMINANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN TAINOS WHO SETTLED HERE. THEY TRADED WITH THE CARIBS. THEN THE CARIBS WERE DISPLACED BY EUROPEANS WITH A GREAT CLASS OF LIFE. THE CARIBS CAUGHT EUROPEAN DISEASES AND THE NO IMMUNITY.

THE RUGGED AREA OF DOMINICA WAS WAS FOR THE CARIBE TO HIDE FROM TO HIDE FROM ENEMIES. BY 1903 THERE WERE ONLY 3000 PEOPLE REMAINING. THEY ELECTED A CHIEF. IN 2003 THEY HAD 100 YEARS OF TERRITORY. APPARENTLY THEIR TERRITORY ON THE EAST COAST WAS GRANTED TO BRITAIN IN 1903.

THE DESCENDANT OF THE CARIB ARAWAK AND WEST AFRICA PLAY AND SING MUSIC DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF CENTRAL AMERICA. THE MOST FAMOUS FORM IS THE GARIFUNA OR PUNTA ROCK. TODAY THEY DO COMPETITIVE DANCING IN BRAZIL, AND THEY HAVE ADDED GUITARS. THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS OF GARIFUNA MUSIC. IT IS PERFORMED ON HOLIDAYS OR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE WOMEN HAVE A WAY OF COMPOSE LYRICS. DRUMS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SONG. THEY MAKE SHAKERS FROM DRIED FRUIT OF THE GOURD TREE.

THE CARIB ORIGINAL BELIEF WAS IN MANY GODS. BUT THE SPANISH TRIED TO CONVERT THEM TO CATHOLICS. THE KALINGO RELIGION PRACTICED BY THE CARIB BELIEVED IN AN EVIL SPIRIT PRACTICED BY THE CARIB BELIEVED IN AN EVIL SPIRIT CALLED MAYBOURJA. THEIR SHAMANS WERE TREATED WITH RESPECT. THEIR CEREMONIES HAD TOBACCOAS PART OF THEIR RITUALS.

EUROPEANS REPORTED WOMEN LIVED IN SEPARATE HOUSES FROM THEIR MEN, SIMILAR TO OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN TRIBES. THE WOMEN CARRIED OUT IMPORTANT DUTIES OF CHILD REARING AND WERE HIGHLY REGARDED.

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