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  unaguerrasinfondo:

  Decolonize Geography : Caribbean

  Jamaica -  Xaymaca (Taíno-Arawak)

  Puerto Rico - Borikén or Borinquen (Taíno, meaning “Land of the Valiant Lord”)

  Haiti/Dominican Republic - Haití (Taíno, meaning “Tall Mountain”. term referred to a region located on the island of Hispaniola and may have also been used to refer to the entire island.) 

  Bahamas - Ba-ha-ma (possible Lucayan origen, meaning ‘large mupper middle land’) or Lucayo (Taíno name for Bahama islands and inhabitants.)

  Cuba - Caobana (Taíno, meaning “Great Place”)

  Grenada - Camerhogne (Kalinago)

  Carriacou - Kayryoüacou or Cariouwacou (Kalinago, meaning ‘Island surrounded by reefs’)

  Trinidad - Lëre or Lele (Kalinago meaning ‘Land of the Humingbird’)

  Tobago - Tobago (Kalinago)

  Barbados - Ichirouganami (Arawak)

  Dominica - Wai’tu kubuli (Kalinago, meaning “Tall is her body”)

  Martinique - Madinina (Kalinago, meaning “Land of Flowers”)

  St. Lucia - Hiwanarau (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Iguana”)

  St. Vincent - Hairoun (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Blessed”)

  Bequia - Becoua (Kalinago, meaning “Land of the Clouds”)

  Canouan - Cannouan (Kalinago, meaning “Island of Turtles”)

  Anguilla - Malliouhana (Arawak, meaning Arrow-Shaped Sea Serpent)

  St. Martin - Soualiga (Arawak, meaning “Land of Salt”)

  St. Barths - Ouanalao (Arawak)

  Saba - Amonhana (Arawak)

  St. Eustatious - Aloi (Arawak)

  Saint Crioux - Ay Ay (Taíno)

  Saint Kitts - Liamuiga (Kalinago, meaning “Fertile Land”)

  Nevis - Oualle (Kalinago)

  Montserrat - Alliouagana (Kalinago, meaning “Land of Prickly Bush”)

  Barbuda - Wa’omoni (Kalinago)

  Antigua - Wadadli (Kalinago, “Land of Fish Oil”)

  Redonda - Ocananmanrou (Kalinago)

  Guadeloupe - Karukera (Kalinago)

  Marie-Galante - Aichi (Kalinago) or Touloukaera (Arawak)

  
  

  05/21/12

• An Unconventional Tourist Attraction

  theanthrotorian:

  story and photos by Lindsay Shapka

  

  I have never been one to visit the dead. It has nothing to do with religion or anything, I have just always felt that my memories of a lost loved one are stronger than anything that I could find standing in front of a grave.

  Despite this, on a recent trip, I found myself drawn to a small cemetery in Paris where the French poet, art critic and essayist Charles Baudelaire was buried. I had studied, quoted and written about him throughout my university career and even after, could feel the influence of his words in how I observed certain aspects of the world.

  Like we make pilgrimages to famous museums to see the great works of art that the likes of Michelangelo, Monet and Andy Warhol have left behind, I felt a need to make a pilgrimage to Baudelaire’s grave.

  Just outside the walls of the cemetery I purchased a single, long stem red rose from a lady with a flower cart. I felt a little silly as I walked through the arched entrance in the cemetery wall and onto a deserted cobblestone street. I had never visited a grave before, especially not one marking someone I hadn’t even known. 

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  05/21/12

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