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What kind of food did the Arawaks eat?
Arawak women ground cassava into meal and baked bread from it. Other Arawak crops included beans, squash, peppers, peanuts, and in some areas, corn. Arawak men were primarily fishermen, catching fish, turtles, and other seafood from the ocean. Hunters also shot birds and small game for their families to eat.
What did the Carib tribe eat?
The Carib Indians were primarily fishing people. They took to sea in their long canoes to catch fish, crabs, and other seafood. Hunters also shot birds and small game. In some Carib communities, farming was an important food source, with cassava, beans, squash, and peppers being grown.
What was the Arawaks favorite dish?
The favourite dish of the Arawaks was pepperpot, a great stew or soup into which went vegetables, nuts and, of course, pepper. This dish often served a whole family for several days.
What animals did the Arawaks eat?
The Arawaks’ diet was varied; they ate a lot of fruit, vegetables and fish. They ate fish like snapper, grouper, grunt, jack, parrotfish and barracuda. In Cuba, the Arawaks bred their own fish in ponds. They also ate the hutia, a type of coney, the iguana, rabbit and other small animals.
What are Arawaks and Caribs?
As a child, what I learned about the Indigenous people of the Caribbean could be summarized as follows: There were two tribes—the Arawaks and Caribs. The former were a peaceful, friendly people who were decimated by the latter who sought war indiscriminately and practiced cannibalism.
What did the Caribs trade?
The Caribs produced the silver products which Ponce de Leon found in Taíno communities. None of the insular Amerindians mined for gold but obtained it by trade from the mainland. The Caribs were skilled boat builders and sailors.
Who are the Caribs and Arawaks?
The Island Carib, who were warlike (and allegedly cannibalistic), were immigrants from the mainland who, after driving the Arawak from the Lesser Antilles, were expanding when the Spanish arrived. Peculiarly, the Carib language was spoken only by the men; women spoke Arawak.
Where are the Caribs from?
Caribbean Sea
Carib, American Indian people who inhabited the Lesser Antilles and parts of the neighbouring South American coast at the time of the Spanish conquest. Their name was given to the Caribbean Sea, and its Arawakan equivalent is the origin of the English word cannibal.
What is Guyana main dish?
Along with chicken curry, and cook-up rice, pepperpot is one of Guyana’s national dishes. Pepperpot is a stewed meat dish, strongly flavoured with cinnamon, cassareep (a special sauce made from the cassava root) and other basic ingredients, including Caribbean hot peppers.