Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2017 | Page 247

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Kalinago
Words
Meaning
Taboui the hut where the women and children lived
Nisiru nose
Ajoupa
a lean-to type of structure used to shelter a cassava bread

making area or for hunters or canoe builders while in the
forest
Coulirou
a type of fish eaten by the Kalinago
Nocobou body
Larouma

a reed which is torn into small strips and woven into
baskets, mats, hats, purses, etc.
Karbay
the main communal house for meeting, sleeping, and
eating
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Ross
Karipona a Kalinago woman
Mabrika a greeting to someone whose arrival brings pleasure
Aitina Kalingo ”I am Kalinago"