Words of a Cacique: Panchito Ramirez (Cuba)
2002; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14888386.2002.9712584
ISSN2160-0651
Autores Tópico(s)Cuban History and Society
ResumoPanchito Ramirez is Elder and Cacique of the community of Taino descendants in the Cuban mountain enclave of Caridad de los Indios, Province of Guantanamo. His extended clan of over a thousand people in several micro-communities is the most clearly documented continuous Taino population in the Greater Antilles. Cacique Ramirez is an herbalist, healer, and dreamer who carries on Four Directions tobacco ceremonies. The following excerpts are from the recently published book, Panchito: Mountain Cacique (Ediciones Oriente, Santiago, 2001), an oral testimony edited by José Barreiro. Panchito: Mountain Cacique is available from: iwt@execulink.com.
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