Today's object is a stool from the Caribbean, from what is now the Dominican Republic, and it too tells a rich story - in this case of the Taino people who lived in the Caribbean islands before ...

It’s been 514 years since the Taíno people, one of the major indigenous groups in the pre-Columbian Caribbean, first rebelled against the Spanish Conquistadors. By that time, the Spanish had ...

This wooden seat known as a duho was sculpted by a Taino artisan ... or what is today Haiti / Dominican Republic, and it is made out of a very dark dense wood which we call Guayacan.

The exquisite Dominican gastronomy is evidence of a mixture of cultures. Influenced by Europe, Africa, Taino Indians and other cultures, Dominican food is infused by delicious tastes and aromas.

In a move that caught many people in Puerto Plata by surprise, the local city council (the ‘ayuntamiento’) approved a US$1.00 ...

Originally inhabited by the Taino Indians, the private nature ... specializing in improving sustainability efforts in the Dominican Republic. The park is accessible to visitors (for a fee ...