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“The aftermath of the Haitian revolution also gave rise to black cabildos throughout Cuba and Puerto Rico. Cabildos were homogeneous African ethnic groups that, like Spanish guilds or associations, operated as mutual aid societies or lodges. Thinking that increased factionalism among enslaved Africans would reduce the danger faced by outnumbered…
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“The primary martial expression of the island, a form of stick fighting known as stick-licking, was associated with Crop Over. In colonial times, Crop Over was a festival at the end of the sugar harvest. Traditional Crop Over went into decline during the early twentieth century, but during the 1970s it was revived as a tourist holiday.
The…
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“With respect to weapons, the Capoeirista of old used knives, sticks, machetes, razor blades, and even the berimbau which (in times of necessity) became even more potent when a special spear like attachment was affixed to its tip with a ring. Each capoeirista was said to carry two knives-one made of wood the other steel.”
-Edward Powe,…
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“Palenquero is a Spanish-lexicon creole…spoken in the village of El Palenque de San Basilio, Colombia. Located 60 km inland from the former slave trade center of Cartagena de Indias, this ethnically homogenous Afro-Hispanic community is inhabited by descendants of runaway African slaves who, around 1700, established their first palenques…
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