Historic perspective of the first settlers on Carriacou. How the Arawaks lived, about their beliefs and culture. Inventions and social life of the Arawak. History of Amerindians in the Caribbean, the Arawaks. About Taino technology and culture, the Arawak history. Inventions and social organisation of the Amerindian Taino. Taino settlement, housing and transport by canoe. A startling fact. That name was given them in by Sven Loven, a Swedish archaeologist, from the word denoting in the Indian lauguage the ruling class of their society.
Amazonian Arawak women. As an example of resistance to the invadors serves the story of Hatuey. He was the Amerindian chief on Hispaniola who organized to fight the Spanish. Hatuey was, when captured, burnt at the stake. Amerindians fighting the Spanish invaders.
The Arawaks people inhabited the lands that extend from Florida through the Caribbean to Bolivia , Paraguay and northern Argentina. Guacanagari Cacique of Hispaniola. They practiced polygamy and most men had 2 or 3 wives, but the caciques had as many as It was a great honor for a woman to be married to a cacique. Not only did she enjoy a materially superior lifestyle, but her children were held in high esteem.
For this reason the father had a special diet parallel to that of the mother after child birth. Laying in his hammock, abstaining from work and eating and drinking specific foods for a period of time. Arawak men in traditional dress.
The single Arawaks walked naked. The nagua is a kind of apron that covered them from their waist to the middle of their legs.
Family house of the Arawaks. House of the Cacique. The houses did not contain much furniture. People slept in cotton hammocks or simply on mats of banana leaves. Yes, the art of pottery making has been influenced by the skills of craftsmen from different areas of the world. How many family members are presently involved in the pottery business?
What are their roles? Not many family members have continued to use pottery making as a form of employment. However it is a skill that involves both males and females. The female have taken over the design element or pottery making. The family has retained some of the techniques and forms of pottery making.
They have incorporated machines in the process, such as the Pug Mill. They have however introduced more design elements to the process. Can you please explain and show the steps involved in making a simple pot? What is the first step in pottery making? Clay is sourced from Carlsen Field.
Clay needs to be harvested on a clear piece of land, normally at least three feet of land is cleared in order to harvest good clay that is free from debris. Care must be taken as clay may have bottles, nails. There are several costs involved in securing the clay. It is costly, but it helps maintains a living. Clay in Trinidad has many colours. To insure good grades of clay at all times, the old clay is taken and filled in on the land and harvested some time later.
Traditionally there has not been a shortage of clay, but because the government controls Carlsen Field there are certain restrictions. In the case of shortage of clay, what do you do? Do you stop making pots? What happens? The clay is normally delivered in big blocks and then broken down into smaller pieces. It is soaked with water to moisten so that it could be kneaded. This was done with the aid of feet, to mix sand and clay together to remove the air from the clay and make the clay pliable.
With the aid of the pug mill, less time and labour is spent on the preparation of the clay. The mixture is placed in a pug mill to stretch the clay like a rubber band and to remove the air from the clay. After the clay has been processed by the pug mill, it is ready to be used for pottery making, however before the clay is used, it is briefly kneaded. There are two main techniques in making a pot; depending on the size of the pot. Some are made directly from the wheel small pots , whilst others are first made, in pieces which are then assembled larger pots.
The pots are placed in a separate corner away from foot traffic to be air dried. They are placed on wooden shelves, or either on the ground. Even though the pots are dried by air they still need to be baked, to create the finished product. In the past, the Charran family were part of a vibrant export market, trading with Montserrat and Barbados, among other Caribbean Islands. Now trading is done at large international expositions, particularly in Germany where potters from all over the world display their ware.
Tell me a little about yourself and your family? Bunty was originally in the construction industry and Rory always had a passion for pottery making.
She attended college in England and also took classes in pottery making and in glazing, studying under Holly Guyadeen She repeated the course for at least two years, as often as she needed to perfect the art.
In Bunty and Rory bought an abandoned warehouse in central and set up their business because there was a lot of clay there. The skill of pottery making was influenced by the need to produce clay which would allow Bunty to express herself as an artist. One of the things we did was to add shredded paper to the clay to improve its sculpting quality. The original potter Mungroo Golcharran related to Charran family of Potters died some years ago but his son Ganness Persad is working with Rory and Bunty.
Clay is sourced from two sources: Carlsen Field where we get the red coloured clay and National Quarries in Valencia where we get the grey coloured clay. The red clay shows evidence of the iron oxide and the grey shows little iron oxide. The raw clay has a mixture of rocks, gravel, sand and roots and so must go through a refining process. The process involves mixing 20 buckets of red clay and 20 buckets of grey clay with water.
Glazing or painting takes about 6 hours to do. Two sets of firing are done, the first bisque firing to get the clay to its hard texture. The second firing is done after it is glazed. The clay is put into the kiln for the second firing and it is then the glossy finish will appear. We used to export but not presently. We followed a simple process: package-catalogue - price — sell - export. The previous potter could have thrown together pots per day before he died.
Meaning- Making small houses out of clay. He wrote a book under the same name and we asked him to use the name. Art and Craft. TAILORS Present also were darzis tailors and darzins seamstresses who made trousers, Kurtas, Jhullas, Ghangarees and other items of clothing which were carried to the market in the sugar estates on pay days.
Iron Pole - The potter uses this for cleaning off excess sludge from his hands. How long has your family been involved in the art of pottery making? Four generations. How has the skill been passed on? How long has the business been in existence? The business has been in existence since Who started the business?
Has pottery making in general been influenced by anything, over the years? What changes, if any, has the business gone through over the years? The first step in making a pot is sourcing the clay. Where do you get the clay from? Name of place or geographical region Clay is sourced from Carlsen Field. How costly is it to obtain the clay? How is the clay stored before use? In two 2 large bins, in its natural state. Are there any particular or ideal conditions for storing the clay?
Used for several purposes, similar to that which a hammer would be used for and more. Carving of an image which depicts a feline head with the resemblance of a tiger cat head. More Pieces of Amerindian artefacts are on display at the Moruga Mseum. Secondly we have a lot more pieces waiting to placed on Display as soon as the formalities are completed. The Collection is Still Growing and Research is forever ongoing. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
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Moruga Museum. Skip to content. During the attack, the Church and town buildings were looted and burned to the ground, with significant loss of life. The destruction of the town forced the survivors to withdraw temporarily to the main land.
His fierce and profound hatred of the Spanish extended to the Church and its missionaries and he resisted their entry into his lands.
It is often thought that Arima was named after Hyarima, but it is more likely that he took his name from Arima when elected Chieftain, as it was Araucan custom to name their Chiefs and Caciques after the villages and settlements.
Hyarima the folk hero has many attributes of the man - a great warrior and chieftan who devoted his life to preserving the way of life of his people and to expelling the Spanish invaders from their ancestral lands. It was unveiled on 25 May, , in keeping with the theme The year of the Indigenous People a declaration of the United Nations Assembly. The statue stands thirteen feet high, its frame work is made of steel and the exterior is of a concrete type mix.
The statue is finished in bronze paint. Hyarima projects the image of the great warrior which he was, dressed in loincloth alone - bare back, bare foot and carrying a spear.
The statue was placed in a rustic setting, symbolic of the forest glades of the 17th century Arima that Hyarima and his people inhabited. Despite the hostility from the Amerindians towards these efforts at conversion, the Spanish Capuchins of the Province of Catalan, of the Order of St Francis, responded to the king's invitation to send missionaries to Trinidad.
In August a group of 10 Capuchins landed here. Their role was to encourage the Amerindian people to work on the land where missions were established, to train them to accept the lifestyle of Spanish society, and to instruct them in the teachings of Christianity. The tribes in the Arima area kept Spanish colonisation of the area at bay for a long time. Legend tells the story of three Carib hunters of the Carinepogoto Tribe who, while hunting in the Pinto forest, stumbled across a young, seemingly mute girl.
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