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| 2004-09-02 |
| After the voyages of Columbus, subsequent expeditions began to bring waves of Arabs to the Americas. They had been conquered; they were fleeing from intolerance and the Inquisition. Not only did Arabs arrive in Havana during the 16th, and especially the 17th centuries, but they also brought with them a reflection of their culture, which had penetrated the natives of Andalucia and Córdoba, whose spirit is strongly felt in historic Old Havana. One has only to observe the reconstructed palaces, their courtyards, balconies, grounds; in sum, their architecture. That also goes for the other parts of Cuba. Something that is not so well known, if they were from Northern Africa — Senegal, Mali, Gambia and Guinea — the slaves brought to the island from the earliest times of the Spanish conquest, also brought with them the stamp of Islam. For that reason, we shouldn't be surprised that Arab words appear in their songs and religious rituals. Here we go again... |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #6 Wat a bunch of bullshit. This doesn't explain the proliferation of delicious carnitas or the fact that a Cuban sandwich features HAM and ROAST PORK. mmmmmm pork products |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-09-03 12:28:19 AM |
| #5 hmmm. There's DNA evidence among goats on Catalina Island too...any Arabs wanna fess up? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-02 11:33:30 PM |
| #4 There were also Germans of Portugese ancestry who came here. The Madera family were Germans, but were actually descendants of Portugese exiled to Germany because of their Lutheran faith. The later came to Pennsylvania. One member of this family had a gas station-garage with his name on it, and was visited by some long lost cousins from Portugal who knew the story from the other end. An Alex Hailey moment. My great-grandmother's sister married a Madera, and the owner of the station was her great-grandson. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-02 11:25:50 PM |
| #3 They were Portuguese. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-02 7:52:22 PM |
| #2 Heard a lot of the same thing BigEd. My favorite funny family thing is great granny preShipman. According to all in the know she was 100 percent take it to the bank Cherokee Innjun Maiden. I can take one look at the both of the surviving photographs and wager..... sure one of them African American Indians. LOL! Denial is every whichway. Hey it's the south! It's what we do! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-02 6:40:34 PM |
| #1 I my genealogical research, I have, in the area where some cousins lived, I have heard of a culture called Mulangeron. They have swarthy complexions and black hair. This is in the Applachian region where there is a border between Tennessee and North Carolina. . . Some documents refer to these folks as "Turks" legend has it that these folks were descendants of a crew of a merchant ship that sank off the coast of North Carolina during a storm (Hurricaine?) during the moid-1700s, and they had no way back. Somehow they moved inland and became integrated with the local communities along what would be the TN/NC line No Islamic remanants, as all joined either the Protestant or Catholic local communities. . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-02 5:13:51 PM |