Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2016 | Page 185

The Kalinago Barana Aute’ | Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine

is a facility developed in the
Kalinago Territory to showcase
the culture and tradition of the
Kalinago people. The name in
English means Carib Village by
the Sea. This is the area most
people coming to the Kalinago
territory will visit. There they
will see where the traditional way
of life is exposed to the visiting
public. One will find extracts of
their history, traditional names,
language and culture interpreted
for one’s understanding. It is
usually referred to as the Model
Village.
To really enjoy and appreciate
the Kalinago Territory one
needs to spend some time in
the Territory to understand the
friendliness of the people and
to enjoy the various sites that is
offered to the tourist.

There is the Kalinago Barana Aute’; L’ escalier Tete Chien, a half an hour hike to the ocean front at Seniku
to visit the site of the Legend of the Snake; Salybia Heritage, where the administrative development of the
Kalinago Territory actually started, and where Christianity was introduced; the Cemetery; the Church; the
School; the Police Station; the Bay where their canoes go out to sea; the site of the last Carib war; the Horse
Back Ridge panoramic site seeing; the Stone Field Heritage Site, clean clear water for swimming and hiking;
see petroglyphs and stone pots in the rocks along the river, with larouma reed growing along the river banks.
These reeds are used by the Kalinago people in handicraft weaving; watch the traditional dancing by various
cultural groups; in the secret pool deep in the heart of the forest, visitors can swim in their birthday suits and
be in communion with Mother Nature. All this and more are available in the Kalinago Territory.

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