The first look at the people of the New World by Christopher Columbus, who thought he had found the Indies, was undoubtedly what can be seen today in the People Taan India's Jet maata in eastern  Cuba.Â

Located just seven kilometers from the resort of Guardalavaca title = "Holguin, Cuba"> Holguín province, this site can be found only in Cuba, which is also a bit in the Antilles. The people this community of collectors of agriculture is in the exact place of the solution of India, in the absence of Yaguajay with sea views. The village consists of Caneyes, the circular houses with conical roof that housed the family in a bedroom Taan also used for rituals, each with their God, a kitchen for cooking and the ceramic tapered ground with sticks to protect the musical instruments and, finally, the house of the priest-physician, the second in the tribal hierarchy and link Olympus to Taan.

Visitors can view everything that is a replica of the original structures of this part of the domain of Banes. Thirty-six figures Indians are represented in its exact dimensions (on average, men were one meters 56 centimeters tall and somewhat shorter women) with the decline of the skull pressed on the forehead of the newborn and during the first two years as a solidified skull bones. This deformity is considered a mark of beauty and differentiation of the tribe. The figures also include the priest-doctor to exorcise the evil spirits of a young woman in travail, a dance troupe; spun cotton, where the cooks preparing the cassava to make cassava bread, and the chief of smoking, children playing with their dogs, women bathing and sunbathing in a stream, only woven bracelets, and men in swimwear color.

The dancers move in a circle in the Areito party to celebrate the harvest, a wedding or a religious ritual. Beyond them, you can see someone planting sweet potatoes, maize, cassava and snuff.

Through the village can also be Jet maata find the museum dedicated to the earth's largest Indian cemetery discovered in Cuba and the Antilles. It covers 22,000 square meters, with 108 graves, a number major gifts and gold. Although the cemetery before the Spanish arrived, containing the elements indicative of India in touch with them, such as: bells made by the Europeans, fragments of bronze and porcelain Mallorca respecting the form of Old World pottery, but decorated with details added by Indians.

From the early 20th century, maata jet, named for the stars of spring there and the owner of the property (maata, to â € € œmamitaâ little or mother), was visited by private collectors who learned of the starving peasants of skeletons, necklaces, gold jewelry and coral pink. Archeology lovers will find this place a notable stop on your itinerary. They € ™ ll enjoy the mysteries and local legends as well. Along with the peoples remains archaeologists found the skull of a European white man about 20 years old, was buried, according to Indian tradition, naked and without sword or helmet, probably as a member of the tribe that joined the community without imposing their habits or customs. Another interesting mystery that captures the visitors € ™ attention is the golden head of an unknown bird, a tiny figure outside local divinities. Â

So if you like archeology and history maata Jet offers a magnificent view to look back 500 years, be an extraordinary experience in his title = "vacation in Cuba"> Cuba vacation.

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