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Dominican Republic : Top 10 Taino Legacies

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1. Barbecue

The Tainos liked to cook their meat and fish over barbacoas , outdoor charcoal-fueled grills.
2. Bohío

A rectangular house of wooden walls and thatched roof, widely seen in rural areas and villages.
3. Canoe

One of many Taino words (canoa ) and inventions still in use today.
4. Cassava

A mainstay of the pre-Columbian diet, this root is poisonous unless properly prepared into flour.
5. Hammock

The Taino hamaca was the favored sleeping arrangement, raising its occupants above rats and other pests.
6. Hurricane

Huracán was an awe-inspiring god, symbolizing the terrifying power and violence of the natural world.
7. Petroglyphs

The carvings of human faces, animals, and abstract forms scratched onto rock, often in caves.
8. Pictographs

Drawings, usually made with charcoal against a pale rockface, showing everyday and spiritual imagery.
9. Tobacco

The Taino revenge on the Western world: the addictive and dangerous habit of smoking tabaco .
10. Zemis

Idols or fetishes representing the many spirits, ancestral and natural, which the Tainos devoutly and religiously worshipped.