Education
Educational programs for schools, students, and communities
School Programs
"We bring Taíno culture directly to classrooms with authentic presentations, interactive workshops, and demonstrations of traditional instruments."
Workshops & Activities
Areíto Workshop
Students learn about Taíno ceremonial dances, their cultural significance, and participate in basic areíto movements.
Ancestral Pottery Workshop
Hands-on experience with Taíno pottery techniques, including clay molding and decoration with ancestral symbols.
Traditional Instruments Workshop
Demonstration and practice with traditional Taíno instruments such as the drum (mayohuacán), the maraca, the flute, and ceremonial rattles.
Introduction to Taíno Language
Students learn essential Taíno vocabulary, pronunciation, and the cultural meaning of key words.
True History of the Taíno
Educational presentation on the true history of the Taíno people, their culture, achievements, and legacy in Puerto Rico.
The Workshop in Action
Our workshops are hands-on: participants grind, shape, and cook using the same techniques that sustained our ancestors.
Traditional grinding
Youth learn to process food with mortar and pestle
Ancestral ceramics
Finished vessels from a pottery workshop
The buren
Preparing casabe on the traditional buren
The Taíno tools for making casabe
Making casabe step by step with Cacique Martín Cacibaopil Veguilla, the same technique taught in our workshops.
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