^Kalinago men, Arawak Caribs^Traditional Pre-Columbian Karbet, or Meeting House^Kalinago tour guide^
^Kalinago men, Arawak Caribs^Traditional Pre-Columbian Karbet, or Meeting House^Kalinago tour guide^Traditional Kalinago performance for eco-touristsThe Kalinago were the island of Dominica’s original inhabitants, who named the island “Wai’tukubuli,” which means “tall is her body.”When Christopher Columbus “discovered” the island in 1493, he named it Dominica because he spotted it on a Sunday (which is dominica in Latin) and called the natives Caribs.But then, as now, they called themselves Kalinago (men) and Kalifuna (women).Like most tribal cultures, the Kalinago got a raw deal during the era of Colonial Imperialism as the island changed hands between the French and British.In 1903 the British relegated them to the Carib Territory (now Kalinago Territory), a reservation on Dominica’s remote, mountainous Atlantic coast.The Carib Reserve Act of 1978 (the year of Dominica’s independence) reaffirmed the territory’s boundaries, land management and institutions of local government, and today the area is home to around 3,000 Kalinago people, who share ownership of all the land within the Territory.[source] -- source link
#kalinago#kalifuna#fashion#caribbean fashion#dominican fashion#native american