Recreational activities of the Tainos

Recreational activities of the Tainos

Social Life

Social Life

Tainos gave way for recreational activities. Tainos enjoyed singing and dancing (arieto). Women and men danced separately, but when there is a marriage ceremony of a cacique both sexes would dance together. On these occasions a large amount of liquor was drank. However drunkenness was uncommon. The liquor was made from cassava juice or maize. In these events drinking was done. 

Multiple Choice

What did the Tainos enjoyed?

• sleeping & cooking

• talking & dancing

• singing & dancing

• smoking & sleeping

They also smoked tobacco (cohiba)

in a pipe called Tabaco. Tobacco was cultivated on a large scale for purpose. The Tainos preferred to smoke using tabaco especially at feast. The tabaco was made into a Y shape both branches were inserted into the nostrils and the smoke was deeply inhaled. This was said to cause a state of unconsciousness.

Poll

The Tainos smoked tobacco and it was called cohiba

• true

• false

A ball game,

batos, played on a mark field (batey). Large stones were arranged so that spectators could watch. The Cacique would sit on his carved stool. After two teams were formed (usually two villages playing against each other) the ball was thrown and hit from side to side using the body to hit the ball into the opposing team’s goal line. 

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The ball could be

hit using the head, shoulder, hip or knee but hands could not be used. If a team failed to hit the ball, the opposite team would scored a point. These balls were made of an elastic substance produced by boiling the roots of certain trees and herbs.

Multiple Choice

What was the ball made from?

• boiled cassava trash

• elastic substance produced by boiling the roots of certain trees and herbs

• maize and lizard tail

Open Ended

Define the term recreational activity

Open Ended

State 2 benefits of recreational activities