1. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS

2. MATCH THE TERMS WITH THEIR CORRECT MEANING

3. DEFINITION OF TERMS TERMS DEFINITION 1. Caneye
a. The ball game that was played by the Tainos.
2. Batos
b. The name of a sauce made of cassava juice, salt and pepper.
3. Cassereep
c. The name of the thatched roof houses used by the Tainos.

4. DEFINITION OF TERMS
Caneye: - The name of the thatched roof houses used by the Tainos.
Batos: - The ball game that was played by the Tainos.
Cassareep: - The name of a sauce made of cassava juice, salt and pepper.

5. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
CANEYE

6. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
BATOS

7. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
CASSAREEP

8. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
The Tainos had a village that was well planned, usually circular in shape with a ball court or ceremonial plaza. The court was used to play a ball game called batos.
Communal living was evident among the Tainos as property, land, food canoes and tools belonged to everyone.

9. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
Their houses were made of thatched roof. These houses were called caneye.
The greatest crime was theft because the whole tribe shared in the loss. A thief suffered a horrible death, piereced on a sharpened stick. A murderer was banished or executed quickly by strangling.

10. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
The Tainos also had many festivals and celebrations such as: naming of a baby, wedding of a cacique and harvest time. Emphasis was on dancing and singing; and using drums, reed pipes, and wooden gongs.

11. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
EXAMPLE OF A GONG

12. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAINOS
The Tainos’ favourite dish was pepper pot and their favourite food was cassava. They used cassava to make cassava cakes, juice and sauce. A sauce called cassereep was used, which was made of cassava juice, salt and pepper.
The use of clay pots and wooden spoons was dominant among the Tainos.

13. Parts of the Taino culture that is embedded in our society:

14. SOCIAL PRACTICES: - TAINOS AND OUR SOCIETY
Just like the Tainos we still use clay pots and wooden spoons.
We also still use the canoe.
We have different festivals and celebrations.
We use the drums for different activities.
We embrace the playing of ball games.

15. SOCIAL PRACTICES: - TAINOS AND OUR SOCIETY
We also embrace the making of pepper pot soup, bammy (cassava cakes).
We still use tobacco.
Finally, we continue to jerk meat such as chicken, pork and so on.