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44 Cards in this Set
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areyto
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Taíno ceremony that includes song, music, dance, and history
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barbacoa
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a 4 legged stand made of sticks used for cooking
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batea
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large tray
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batey
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yard area
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bohio
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typical round home of Taínos
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Boricua
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valiant people
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Borikén
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Great Land of the Valiant and Noble Lord
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burén
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flat cooking plate or griddle
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cabuya
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fishing line
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cacique
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chief
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canarís
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water vessels
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caney
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square house for Chiefs and Shammans only
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canoas/piraguas/cayucas/kurialas
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canoes
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Caribe
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strong people
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casabi
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yuca bread
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cibucanes
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used to extract poinsonous juice from Yuca
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coa
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farming tool
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cokí
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coquí
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colibri
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hummingbird
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conuco
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farming area
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cucubano
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lightning bug
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ditas y jitacas
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food vessels made from higüero
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dujo
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chair with short legs
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fotuto
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sea shell trumpet
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guanín
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chief's medallion
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Guaraguao
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red tailed hawk
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guatiao
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exchanging named and becoming blood brothers
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iguana
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lizard
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Inrirí
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Wood Pecker
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jamaca
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hammock
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jicotea
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land turtle
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jurakan
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storm
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jutía
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small rabbit
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Lukiyó
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sacred mountain
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mabí
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fermented drink made from Mabí tree
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macana
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weapon
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mime
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small fly
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nagua
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loin cloth used by married women
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nasa
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fishing mesh or net
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natiao
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brothers
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tabacú
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tobbaco
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uguaca
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parrot
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Yocahú
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God
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yucayeque
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Taíno village
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