# @puertoricanartsalliance on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-01-31T18:19:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (@puertoricanartsalliance) — https://gondola.cc/puertoricanartsalliance

## Caption

A Zemí is a Taíno concept that designates both a deity or ancestral spirit and certain sculptural objects that house these spirits. According to Spanish missionaries, there were several Zemís. Two of them being the Creator God, the masculine spirit of fertility, Yúchahu Maórocito, governing the growth of cassava (yuca), and Atabey, Yúcahu’s mother and goddess of fertility, who governed water, rivers, and seas. 

Zemís are made from diverse materials, including bone, clay, wood, shell, sandstone, and stone. They have been discovered in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands.
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Un Zemí es un concepto taíno que designa tanto a una deidad o espíritu ancestral como a ciertos objetos escultóricos que albergan a estos espíritus

Según los misioneros españoles, existían varios Zemís, incluidos el Dios Creador, espíritu masculino de la fertilidad, Yúchahu Maórocito, quien gobernaba el crecimiento de la yuca (yuca), y Atabey, la diosa madre de la fertilidad, quien gobernaba el agua, los ríos y los mares. Sin embargo, estos son solo algunos de los muchos Zemís que formaban parte del panteón taíno.

Los zemís están hechos de diversos materiales, incluidos hueso, arcilla, madera, concha, arenisca y piedra. Se han descubierto en Cuba, República Dominicana, Haití, Jamaica, Puerto Rico y otras islas del Caribe.

Photo: The Met 
https://www.tainotreasures.com/blog/tripointers_blessings_from_the_great_beyond
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/317826
https://www.puertoricotravel.guide/blog/taino-symbols-and-meanings/
#caribbean #puertorico #taino #chicago #historylovers

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Puerto Rican Arts Alliance | @puertoricanartsalliance | https://gondola.cc/puertoricanartsalliance | Non-Profit Organization |
| Adrián Ortega | @adrianguap | https://gondola.cc/adrianguap | Social Media Manager |

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historylovers, taino, chicago, puertorico, caribbean

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