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Ciboney people
450px|thumb|Ciboney was the region of Cuba inhabited by the Western Taíno group.
The Ciboney ( or ), or Siboney, were a Taíno people of Cuba, Jamaica, and the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. A Western Taíno group living in Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, they had a dialect and culture distinct from the Classic Taíno in the eastern part of the island, though much of the Ciboney territory was under the control of the eastern chiefs. Confusion in the historical sources led 20th-century scholars to apply the name "Ciboney" to the non-Taíno Guanahatabey of western Cuba and various archaic cul
Siboney
original show tune written and composed by Ernesto Lecuona; from the 1927 revue "La tierra de Venus"