THE CARIBS

[Virtual Presenter] The Caribs Roxroy Lindsay Jontay Douglas Omarion Campbell Maleake Somers Daniel Crawford Aldaine Wilmot.

[Audio] THE CARIBS The Carib were American Indians who lived in South America and on islands in the Caribbean Sea. The sea was named after the Carib. The Caribs first lived in small villages in northern South America. They built houses of pole frames covered with palm leaves. They got their food by hunting and farming. After 1000 ce many Carib moved to the Caribbean islands called the Lesser Antilles. The island Carib were more warlike than the South American Carib. They drove the Arawak people off the islands. The Caribs were fierce fighters. After torturing and killing enemy men they took the women into their tribe as wives or slaves. The Carib may have eaten the bodies of their enemies. This practice called cannibalism may have been part of the tribe’s religion. Spanish explorers began arriving in Carib lands in the late 1400 seconds. The South American Carib were wiped out by fighting and by diseases brought by the Spanish. But the Spanish avoided the islands where the Carib lived. There was no gold on them and the island Carib were too hard to defeat in battle. Other Europeans conquered the islands in the 1600 seconds. Only a few Carib survived. Today their descendants live on the islands of Saint Vincent and Dominica. The Garifuna are another group of people with Carib roots. The Garifuna originated when slaves brought from Africa mixed with island Carib. Garifuna today live in the Central American countries of Belize Honduras and Nicaragua.

[Audio] THE CARIBS lifestyle Some were warlike and were alleged to have practiced cannibalism but most were less aggressive than their Antillean relatives. They lived in small settlements growing cassava and other crops and hunting with blowgun or bow and arrow. Their culture was typical of the peoples of the tropical forest..

[Audio] THE CARIBS food The Caribs took advantage of cassava and fish as the foundation of their diet. They fished in the rivers with their hands nets or herbs that anesthetized the fish. They also fished in the ocean where they showed great courage in their square sailed pirogues large boats..