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Three new cave painting sites discovered

By Orfilio Peláez
Granma

Three new Cuban cave painting sites were found in a nature reserve in Imías municipality, Guantánamo province, this past February [2012], by a multidisciplinary scientific expedition organized by the Cuban Speleological Society’s Pedro Borrás Group.

The discovery was verified in three small caves located east-southeast of Yacabo beach, in which a significant group of red-colored pictographs, symbolic expressions of the culture of the pre-Columbians who inhabited this semi-desert coastal strip long before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors.

As Dr. Efrén Jaimez Salgado, president of the Group, told Granma, the discovery takes on particular significance, given that the use of the color red was very rare in cave paintings in the country’s eastern region.

Suffice it to say that from the Sierra de Cubitas in Camagüey to Punta de Maisi, the easternmost point of Cuba, only one site has been reported with cave paintings in that color. In fact, the prevailing view was that the use of red was linked to specific events in the lives of the original inhabitants.
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There are now 279 documented cave art sites at the national level, and 57 of these are located in Guantánamo province, the second largest after the province of Matanzas.

Cave art includes pictographs and petroglyphs intentionally elaborated in caves, rocky shelters, grottos and on open rock faces by indigenous groups or populations.

 

Source: Granma

 

About Dady Chery

Dr. Dady Chery is a Haitian-born poet, playwright, journalist and scientist. She is the author of the book "We Have Dared to Be Free: Haiti's Struggle Against Occupation." Her broad interests encompass science, culture, and human rights. She writes extensively about Haiti and world issues such as climate change and social justice. Her many contributions to Haitian news include the first proposal that Haiti’s cholera had been imported by the UN, and the first story that described Haiti’s mineral wealth for a popular audience.


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