Sentence examples for carib from inspiring English sources

Carib groups from neighbouring islands made frequent raids, carrying off food and slaves and destroying property.

Carib groups of the South American mainland lived in the Guianas, and south to the Amazon River.

These major gains against the Spanish were concentrated in the Lesser Antilles, which were poorly defended and essentially under Carib control.

The party stand jumped to the soca music from the megawatt speakers, the Carib girls gyrated their stuff and the rhythm band on their drums maintained a steady beat that became almost hypnotic.

And while the prospect of spending several consecutive days in close proximity to a bunch of strangers didn't immediately appeal, our status as sailing amateurs allowed for bonding as we grappled with knots and sailing terms over nightly Carib beers.

Carib tribes often trade cotton products.

Although the Taino are thought to have surpassed the other peoples of the West Indies in aesthetic development, examples of later artistic forms and techniques characteristic of the Arawak, Carib, and related tribes still surviving in neighbouring South America may provide a link between ancient and modern.

Among the larger of these historically were the Arawak and the Carib peoples.

The original Carib Indian population disappeared after Europeans arrived, partly as a result of disease, conflicts with the Europeans, and assimilation.

In many cases, chiefly among the northern Carib, slavery had primarily an economic function: the captives form a servile group known as peito the same term applied to a fiancé during the period in which he is obliged to work for his future father-in-law.

Beautifully landscaped and designed by the team responsible for at least one Giorgio Armani villa in Italy, the Carib-Italian fusion food is excellent if also priced for the Armani wallet - £15 for a bowl of (delicious) pasta and a tenner for a coffee and pancake breakfast.