cibaeño75 previously said:

"The only city/town i've seen with many people who can pass for euro-indegenous is San Jose de las Matas, but as for the rest of the cibao its not the case. "

I disagree. I think most of the towns that surround the central triangle of Moca, Santiago, and La vega are peopled by individuals that pretty much resemble the very people you named, those from San Jose de Las Matas. I should know, I'm from the area and know it well. Janico, San Jose de Las Matas, Sabana Iglesia, Jarabacoa, Baitoa, Ei Camito, Taveras, Puñal, Juana Diaz, Rio Verde, La Jina etc..all resemble each other and are culturally more alike to each other than they are to other parts of the country, including other parts of the cibao.

Lemba previously said:

Yes i'd agree there are similaritise in the central-triangle culturally, like the some parts of the central cibao dont seem to have developed their own variety of palo, but did develop alot of Tambora styles, probably a difference in African ethnic groups as well as less African-reinforcement. Not all of the central-cibao is missing Palo, but some of it is, the eastern and western cibao on the other hand have had Palo cultures for a very very long time. S.F.M and Cotui have been playing palo for hundreds of years. Culturally i think each city is very unique, there are some things we make in S.F.M that are not made anywhere else. As far as phenotypically, Santiago, and La Vega do not have a majority of Amelia Vegaz/Juan Luis Guerra types, but they might be more common then in other places, still not the majority of what i seen riding around, the only place where i really seen a dominant presence of light skinned peoples was San Jose de Las Matas. But i wont focus too much on this too not deviate the topic. But i think that it is interesting that people have that stereotype for the cibao.

I theorize that the i in the cibaenyo accent is of a specific indegenous ethnic group that was disperesed in the region. Although the i varies from town to town, not everyone sounds the same.

Lemba previously said:

Here is a picture of someone from the Eastern cibao who shows some Taino Traits in his phenotype, he looks maybe straight Grifo/Zambo, his looks are also common in the Cibao region, from experienec and obviously because he was chosen as the representative of the book titled "Los Campesinos Del Cibao"

cibaeño75 previously said:




That's definitely a zambo.

Lemba previously said:

Here is a picture of someone from the Eastern cibao who shows some Taino Traits in his phenotype, he looks maybe straight Grifo/Zambo, his looks are also common in the Cibao region, from experienec and obviously because he was chosen as the representative of the book titled "Los Campesinos Del Cibao"

Lemba previously said:

Calembo, si lo razgo indigena etan por todo el pai. Pero tambien ai que tener cuidao porke ai vece que parecen indegena, y puede ser que no tenga, alguna combinacione de Africano y Europeo forman polmulo alto con piernas cortas, etc, pero creo que si la majoria que tengan esos rasgos tienen alguna sangre indegena, cuanta no te se deci, pero e lo ma probable que si. E vito alguno ejemplo de Cabo Verde, de alguna persona que parecen African, Europe y indegena, pero obiamente no lo son, asi que abece lo ojos no traicionan.