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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6669890" data-attributes="member: 20323">Verguenzas (Arawak family)Once the traps are hauled in, amidst good-natured and slightly ribald ribbing of Etienne's fur hat, there is an impressive score of wriggling red and grey crawdads. A confluence of river water and salt water has made ideal living conditions for the skittering little creatures. A few frogs and fish have also been trapped. When Luca discovers a small sea turtle stuck in one of the traps, he is quick to free the animal and reverently sets it back in the sea. Etienne recalls that the Arawaks avoid eating snakes and sea turtles for spiritual reasons.He speaks in quick complicated Arawak to the younger boys - Etienne is unable to follow what he's saying but he does catch the word piaiman (medicine man) - and the young boys scurry inside.Once they've secured the morning's catch in a small constructed weir by the side of the house, Luca nods to a jumble of hammocks in the shade. Cutting open a soursop fruit, Luca hands half to Etienne. &quot;Only time folks from Nassau come out this way is when they want one of my grandpa's cures,&quot; he sucks on the soursop as he half-reclines in a hammock. As Etienne makes himself comfortable, he notices a half-finished traditional Arawak canoe resting over felled trees. &quot;You know your way around our fishing traps, fur hat, better than the fish do anyway!&quot; He laughs softly, in no hurry to get down to business.<img src="http://www.fruitipedia.com/Images%202/Soursop%20fruits.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6669890, member: 20323"] [b]Verguenzas (Arawak family)[/b] Once the traps are hauled in, amidst good-natured and slightly ribald ribbing of Etienne's fur hat, there is an impressive score of wriggling red and grey crawdads. A confluence of river water and salt water has made ideal living conditions for the skittering little creatures. A few frogs and fish have also been trapped. When Luca discovers a small sea turtle stuck in one of the traps, he is quick to free the animal and reverently sets it back in the sea. Etienne recalls that the Arawaks avoid eating snakes and sea turtles for spiritual reasons. He speaks in quick complicated Arawak to the younger boys - Etienne is unable to follow what he's saying but he does catch the word [I]piaiman[/I] (medicine man) - and the young boys scurry inside. Once they've secured the morning's catch in a small constructed weir by the side of the house, Luca nods to a jumble of hammocks in the shade. Cutting open a soursop fruit, Luca hands half to Etienne. [color=orange]"Only time folks from Nassau come out this way is when they want one of my grandpa's cures,"[/color] he sucks on the soursop as he half-reclines in a hammock. As Etienne makes himself comfortable, he notices a half-finished traditional Arawak canoe resting over felled trees. [color=orange]"You know your way around our fishing traps, fur hat, better than the fish do anyway!"[/color] He laughs softly, in no hurry to get down to business. [img]http://www.fruitipedia.com/Images%202/Soursop%20fruits.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]

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