Thank You For A Beautiful Year!

For the year's last Cuento, I'm bringing something different to what I was creating for you. I made a video for sharing something extraordinary I learned while studying Taino clay beings.

As many of you are aware, my interest in Taino pottery has grown to the point that it is my current area of interest, following my immersion into rural Kiskeya's ancestral spirituality and ceremonial music. The fact that it was art created by women and girls, as well as the level of sophistication they could achieve, fascinates me.

I hope this information will be valuable to you as we remain in awe of our ancient grandmothers' pottery mastery.

Thank you for watching my cuento,
Enjoy!

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ABOUT IRKA MATEO

Irka Mateo is a Dominican Taíno ceremonialist, spiritual healer, researcher and singer songwriter with 35 years of experience in the music industry. Research being the foundation of her work, she has recorded several albums and toured, bringing the multicultural blend of Taíno and African spirituality that she has researched and that has been passed down through her family for generations to a global stage. Combining music from Dominican folk and popular music to African and South American genres, she is a pioneer of the Dominican alternative music movement.

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