The Carbis: A Patriarchal Society

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The Carbis

Ever wonder where the Caribean Sea got its name from? The answer to that is from one of the main tribes of indigenous people called the Carbis, a warlike tribe with cannibalistic customs that lived in the Lesser Antilles islands, a string of islands, between Florida and Venezuela, encloses the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea ,the other tribe was called Arawak more known as Taino. Before the explorers came the Carib tribes were mostly a patriarchal society with the men being warriors and the women staying mostly at home doing all the domestic works and farming. Even though it was considered a patriarchal society the women still highly revered and held substantial socio-political power. This tribe lives in small groups mostly,

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