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Arawak Life in Photographs

Ritual
Arawak girl during puberty rite, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Palm Straw
Arawak girl drying palm straw in the sun, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Hammock
Arawak girls & cotton hammocks in traditional open-sided camp, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Canoe
Arawak mother and child with traditional dug-out canoe, Mahaica river, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Fish
A variety of succulent fresh water fish inhabit the Mahaica River and its feeder streams, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Cleaning Fish
Arawak woman cleaning fish in a traditional dug-out canoe made by her father, Mahaica River; Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Slash and Burn
Traditional land clearing for farms is done by the slash & burn method, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Corn Farm
A bountiful corn farm resulting from the slash & burn method, crop rotation allows these plots to produce good yields for 10 years; Pakuri Arawak territory.

Harvesting
Arawak man harvesting the Tokoma grubs from palm tree he felled 30 days prior to entice the Gru-Gru beetle to lay its eggs inside the exposed wood, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

House Frame
Traditional Arawak houseframe, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

House
Traditional Arawak house (completed), Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Farm
Arawak boy attending to bitter cassava plant in homestead farm, Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Dance
Arawak woman performing traditional dance.

Campfire
Arawak woman preparing a campfire to cook one fish for her to eat - she will smoke the others and take them home to share with her family back in the village the following morning.

Camp Scene
A view from her overnight camp on the Mahaica River, Pakuri Arawak Territory

Livestock Farm
Arawak girls in livestock farm (Chicken pen in background), Pakuri Arawak Territory.

Beetle and Grub
At left is the Gru-Gru beetle and at right is it's grub larvae known to Arawaks in Guyana as 'Tokoma'.

Tokoma
Close-up of the high protein (delicious raw, fried, boiled, baked or roasted) Tokoma delicacy

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