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  Hayuya - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The area that Hayuya dominated is considered to be the "birth place" of the Taino culture in the island.
The "National Indigenous Festival" (Festival Nacional Indígena) which honors the memory of Hayuya and the Taino heritage is celebrated annually on November 24 in the town of Jayuya.
Hayuya is also represented in the town's "Coat of Arms".
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hayuya   (530 words)

  
 Link To Puerto Rico.com - Jayuya
Jayuya was (hah-YOO-yah) founded in 1911 and is located in the central part of the island, in the northern border of the Toro Negro Forest Reserve, a 7,000 acres park that includes the Cerro Puntas, the highest mountain of Puerto Rico.
Jayuya counts with three monuments that commemorate the Taíno inheritance: a statue to Hayuya, the first monument constructed in Puerto Rico in honor to the Taíno Indian, Tomb of the Puerto Rican Indian, a tomb that contains a Taíno skeleton buried in the traditional fetal position.
In the center a green band with a white border representing the Tres Picachos (Three Peaks), the green color of the countryside and the town's matron, La Virgen de la Monserrate.
www.linktopr.com /jayuya_e.html   (528 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Escaping To The Mountains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the 1500s, Indians fleeing from the Spanish colonizers fled to the mountains around Jayuya and Utuado, far from the Spanish stronghold along the coasts of the island.
The town is named after the Taino Cacique Hayuya, who ruled the town area in the late 1400s.
The ceremonial grounds, and petroglyphs left behind by the Indians are now the center pieces of several parks and Indian museums.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n38/PRSST0738-en.shtml   (1083 words)

  
 Jayuya
Jayuya, Puerto Rico - Jayuya is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the mountainous center of the island.
It is named after the Taino Cacique Hayuya.
Cerro de Punta - Cerro de Punta (also known as Cerro Puntita) is the highest peak of Puerto Rico measuring 1,338 metres above sea level.
ja29.abricad.info   (127 words)

  
 Images of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
The town of Jayaya is located within "La Cordillera Central" (central mountain range) of Puerto Rico.
The name Jayuya comes from the Cacique (indian chief) Hayuya.
This beautiful town, surrounded by the most picture perfect forests and mountains of Puerto Rico, was founded as a village in 1883 and in 1911 became a municipality.
www.solboricua.com /jayuya/index.html   (638 words)

  
 Photos of Puerto Rico.com ::: Pictures/Photos of Jayuya :::
The town of Jayuya was founded in 1883 but it made an independent municipality in 1911.
Jayuya derives its name from a local Indian Chief Hayuya which means "Lugar de guayo" (place of guayo).
This town is also known as "La Capital Indigena" (the indigenous capital).
www.photosofpuertorico.com /jayuya.htm   (96 words)

  
 International Civic Heraldry - Puerto Rico - JAYUYA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The symbol in the lower half of the arms is a typical decoration of the Taino Indians that inhabited the area prior to the colonisation.
The name Jayuya is derived from the older Taino name Hayuya.
The crown was added as a symbol for the autonomy obtained when Jayuya was made into a separate municipality.
www.ngw.nl /int/car/pr/jayuya.htm   (186 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Puerto Rico venture geared to gourmet market. (Puerto Rican coffee firms form marketing venture, Yauco ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Three major coffee growers and one of Puerto Rico's biggest coffee processors are teaming up to export gourmet-quality Arabica coffee beans to roasters in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan - and to help the island recapture its 19th-century fame as source of the world's finest coffee.
The processor, Cafe Rico, and the growers - Ignacio Pintado of Cafe Luri, Miguel Lopez of Cafe Hayuya and independent businessman Roberto Atienza - have decided to pool their facilities and expertise to market Yauco Selecto to gourmet markets around the globe.
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www.amazon.com /venture-gourmet-market-marketing-Selecto/dp/B00092CACA   (397 words)

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