Illustration, Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo

Illustration of the Areyto celebration on the ceremonial square, used by indigenous Taino people for sports and religious ceremonies, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In the museum garden there is a reconstruction of a Yuba ceremonial square. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13440201

Media ID

45126357

Size

7087px x 4553px (10.2MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen