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Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society

Established in 1993, the Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society is an inter-Tribal, inter-generational community of indigenous Caribbean singers, musicians, and artists dedicated to transmitting their ancestral heritage to their present and future generations with dignity and honor.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Taino Spirit at Camaradas in NYC

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Labels: Aguilar Marrero, Cacibajagua, Camaradas, El Barrio, Grito de Poetas, Reina Miranda, Taino, Taino Culture, Taino Nation, Taino Spirit, United Confederation of Taino People

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CACIBAJAGUA TAINO CULTURAL SOCIETY


The CACIBAJAGUA TAINO CULTURAL SOCIETY is dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance, stories and art of the Indigenous Taino People of the Caribbean. The Society’s name, CACIBAJAGUA, derives from part of an ancient Taino creation story. In the language of the Taino, Cacibajagua means, "cave of the jagua” or the “black cave" and it represents the womb of ATTABEIRA - the Earth Mother.

Members of the Cacibajagua Cultural Society after a successful performance at the American Museum of Natural History, August 2008 (Photo: Ananda Apfelbaum)

NEXT CACIBAJAGUA CULTURAL PRESENTATION

Sunday, October 18 2009, 3:30pm - 4:00pm


Roberto Borrero will present a program on Taino music and culture as part of the Newark Museum's Latino Heritage Festival: Fiesta Latina en el Museo.

The Taino cultural presentation will begin at 3:30pm and there will be a full day of family friendly events from 12:30pm - 4:30pm with music, mural making and workshops in celebration of various cultures from Latin America.

Location: Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3176
Contact: Phone: 973-596-6550

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Cacibajagua Founder, Roberto Borrero presenting Taino dance at the American Museum of Natural History in 1993

CONTACT CACIBAJAGUA

Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society
c/o UCTP
PO Box 4515
New York, NY 10163


Tel: 1(212)604-4186
Email:
uctp_ny@yahoo.com

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  • ►  2009 (6)
    • ►  September (1)
      • Taíno Celebrate Diversity in the Bronx
    • ►  May (2)
      • Taino Participate in NY Native Festival
      • Drums Along The Hudson Festival This Weekend
    • ►  March (1)
      • Spring Equinox Ceremonial Gathering in NY
    • ►  February (2)
      • Puerto Rico 's Indigenous Roots on Native America ...
      • The History, Music and Culture of the Indigenous T...
  • ▼  2008 (25)
    • ►  November (3)
      • Third Puerto Rican Artisan Fair to be held in New ...
      • Caribbean Women share Immigrant Voices in New York...
      • Native Artist Robby Romero’s Music Single Enters T...
    • ▼  October (1)
      • Taino Spirit at Camaradas in NYC
    • ►  September (2)
      • Taino celebrate Equinox and International Day of P...
      • Taino will gather to celebrate the equinox in the ...
    • ►  August (4)
      • Taino Dancers Commemorate International Day
      • Activists launch Cultural Internet TeleRadio Show
      • Cemi Underground Presents Meet the Artists...
      • Indigenous Peoples Day, Saturday, August 9
    • ►  July (2)
      • Taino Artists to Appear on Local TV Show
      • Indigenous People Support Green Spaces in the Bron...
    • ►  June (4)
      • Native Peoples Day in the Bronx
      • Taino Solstice Gathering in the Bronx
      • Cacibajagua Presents Taino Culture at Gateway
      • Gateway to Nations Pow Wow to feature Taino Cultur...
    • ►  May (5)
      • Taino to Present Cultural Program at Pequot Museum...
      • Cacibajagua at the Ramapo Pow Wow
      • Ramapough Pow Wow This Weekend
      • Cacibajagua a Hit at Drums Along the Hudson
      • Cacibajagua at Drums Along the Hudson
    • ►  April (2)
      • Cacibajagua Artists Present Gifts at UCTP Celebrat...
      • Taino and Arawak Works on Display at UN Headquarte...
    • ►  March (1)
      • Taino Answer 8,000 Drum Call
    • ►  January (1)
      • Taino Cultural Presentation in NY
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    • ►  November (2)
      • Taino TV Updated
      • Second Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair Highlight...
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      • Taino Music Sounds at NY Botanical Garden
      • Fiesta de Flores at The New York Botanical Garden
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      • Archive: Cacibajagua at the American Museum of Nat...
    • ►  March (1)
      • Archive: Cacibajagua joins UCTP in 1998
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      • Archive: Cacibajagua Members in India
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      • Archive: In Memory of Anacaona: Taíno Indian Stori...
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      • Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
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      • Adios Mr. Columbus…
      • Volunteer Opportunity, Prayer Vigil & New Moon Uni...
      • Indigenous Peoples Day: Volunteer Opportunity, Pra...
    • ►  August (1)
      • TAINO STARS IN FILM "END OF THE SPEAR"
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      • Archive: Cacibajagua at the Reading Public Museum,...
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      • Archive: Cacibajagua at El Museo del Barrio, 1994
      • Archive: Cacibajagua at Amazon Week 5, 1994
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      • Archive: Cacibajagua at the American Museum of Nat...

Ausobonex and Kuyayaaku (Photo: Ananda Apfelbaum)

Next Cacibajagua Rehearsal


TBA

Contact: mukaro@uctp.org

Members of Cacibahagua 2009
According to Taino oral tradition, Caibajagua is one of two caves located in a sacred mountain of Cauta, and was the original place of emergence of the Taino People after a great flood that covered the whole earth had subsided. It is from this cave that the Taino went from living in darkness to living in the light. The other cave, called Amayauna, represents the “place of the others”. It is from this cave that Taino people respectfully acknowledged all the other peoples who share their world.

Links to the Taino World

  • UCTP Web Portal
  • UCTP Taino News Email List: Suscribe Now!
  • The Voice of the Taino People Online
  • The Voice of the Taino People News Journal Archives
  • UCTP Did You Know Files: Taino Facts
  • Consejo General de Tainos Borincanos
  • Caney Quinto Mundo
  • Presencia Taina TV
  • Taino Nation on MY SPACE!
  • Taino TV
  • TAINO SPIRIT: ART at CafePress.com
  • UCTP TAINO MERCHANDISE
  • Arawak Design: Indigenous Arts and Crafts
  • William Ruiz
  • Indigenous People Caucus of the Greater Caribbean
  • International Indigenous Portal

PABLO HAGUEY ROSARIO, one of Cacibajagua’s elder representatives and advisors in Boriken (Puerto Rico), demonstrates the GUAHEY (Guiro) at a presentation at the American Museum of Natural History in October 2000. Photo: R. Mickens – Courtesy of AMNH

Cacibajagua Thanks Elba Anaca Lugo


The Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society would like to take this opportunity to say bo’matum (thank you) to Elba Anaca Lugo and the members of Travesia Taina for all their inspiration over the years. Travesia Taina continually performs Taino music and dance throughout Boriken and the Caribbean. In the late 1980’s Elba Anaca Lugo urged a small number of Taino residing in the New York area to formally establish Taino cultural/socio/political organizations in the United States. As a result of this inspiration, Roberto Mukaro Borrero and other Taino community members residing in New York, some former members of Travesia Taina, decided to form “Cacibajagua”.

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A founding member of Cacibajagua, Lizzy Sarobey (right) now directs her own troupe Wakia Arawaka Taina in Puerto Rico

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