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1''Yo Soy Taíno'' ("I Am Taíno"), also known as ''Dak'Toká Taíno'', is a Spanish-language short involving puppets.
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3Set weeks after Hurricane Maria hit UsefulNotes/PuertoRico in 2017, an unnamed grandmother and her granddaughter Marabeli discuss the disaster. They also discuss Myth/TainoMythology and Puerto Rican history.
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7* EdutainmentShow: The short is predominantly exposition about Puerto Rican history and Taino mythology.
8* LatinoIsBrown: Lampshaded. Although neither Marabeli or her grandmother are particularly "brown", Marabeli mentions that Puerto Ricans are predominantly African and Spanish, with her grandmother clarifying that they also have a lot of Taino DNA too.
9* MinimalistCast: There are only two on-screen characters, Marabeli and her grandmother. The voice of Marabeli's mother can be heard, but she isn't shown.

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