Our Ta nos Inheritance
The Puerto Rican race is the result of the mixture of the Taínos, Spanish and Africans. ... Taínos were Indians, and the first race to live in the Puerto Rican island. ... Like all the races that make up the Puerto Rican race, Taínos not only gave to us their physical characteristics, also their language, their food, religion, traditions, and a lot of other important matters. The origin of the development of our race began with the Taínos, the first influence in our identity. We have a lot to learn about this interesting and important culture, the race we least know; because the Puerto Rican of nowadays carry a big part of their inheritance. We can’t imagine the greatness of the Taínos heritage; the most antique influences that we have in our Puerto Rican identity. ... That was one of the reasons for the Taínos’ disappearance, so the abuse, new illnesses, battles, slavery and others. ... Taínas had a long hair and take care of their figure, always slender.