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[neptune-bug]

Yucáhuguama, As Above

[art-of-jaral]

After 12 days without power, I finally found the motivation to finish this piece

[nrdylatinqueen]

Cacique Aqüeybaná; a Cacique is the chief of a clan in a tribe of Native Central Americans. Yes the Americas, The Tainos populated Puerto Rico and some other islands. this is a picture I made trying to picture Cacique Agüeybaná. Agüeybaná, was the first to revolucionate against the colonizers in Puerto Rico because they were abusing and mistreating the Tainos. Since Friday is Native Americans Day, I wanted to contribute to the sharing of facts and history, in this country that likes to hide the truths.

Like the facts that no one wants to admit that most Puerto Ricans have Native American roots because they descendants from Tainos. Which they don’t teach that in school they just tell you “puerto Rico is a commonwealth” never mind everything else… how and why is the first play Europe was so interested in this tiny island, and why they still are and why are they basically forcibly and conning people into displacing them out of their homes. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s a fact, but no one cares… because it’s just a tiny island… then why is everyone buying land there? Why does everyone want to move there and buy there? I got off topic… but it’s just a circle ⭕️… it’s the same history repeating itself…

[piononostalgia]

Miguel Luciano

« Extermnio de Nuestros Indios »

Acrylic on paper, 2003

[duskwingarts]

[Prints Now Available]

Zun zun The Taino Hummingbird Man

Illustrator: Angel Ortiz and Sean Behme

We based this piece on an old Taino myth, (here is some Intel on the story but i kept it to the broad stroke) were two star crossed lovers where force apart because of there circumstances. Zun zun's lover was transformed by the Zemi (spirits) into a beautiful flower and hidden away in the forest to save her from her fate. On the next day her lover Zun zun came to whisk her away but was too late and thought she had perished. Another Zemi took pity on him and told him that she was still alive in a new form but did not know her location. So on his request the Zemi proceeded to transform him into a hummingbird so that he can be capable to locate her and reunite with his love.

In our interpretation we decided to give him more of a half human/bird appearance, but to an ordinary human Zun zun is only perceived as a normal hummingbird. We based his look on the Red-billed streamertail, a hummingbird indigenous to Jamaica and also on an old Zemi figure based on a hummingbird. We wanted to show representations to the Tainos of Jamaica, designing him to be more Afro-native. We also wanted to show support and recognition to Afro-indigenous people something there not enough of.

(To add in a bit of info, to the Taino culture hummingbirds are seen as a symbol of masculinity and/or a warrior. But don't quote me on this I'm still learning.)

We Hope you like this piece, we try to be as accurate as possible with the information we have but we don't mind being corrected and informed on new details. Taino myth and legends can be hard to come by and can sometime be mixed with other Pre-Columbian cultures or can be inaccurate and modified by others over time. So basically we're trying our best.

Available At Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1107073286/zun-zun-the-taino-hummingbird-man

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[12ozstudios]

Gorgeous Native American/Taino woman tattooed by Meghan Patrick.

[double--plus--good]

Some #art #projects I worked on this morning

#painting has really helped me clear my head and work through some really strong emotions I've been feeling

I'm glad I'm able to get back into #creating things I'm #passionate about

I've even started painting on my balcony while listening to #music instead of the living room while watching videos and shows

It's made a very big difference!

#acrylic #acrylicpainting

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