medium height or short and generally slim
The Arawak had a system of beliefs that was based around the worship of spirits, called zemis. They also believed in nature worship, ancestor worship, and protective magic.
The Arawaks' diet was varied; they ate a lot of fruit, vegetables and fish. They ate fish like snapper, grouper, grunt, jack, parrotfish and barracuda. In Cuba, the Arawaks bred their own fish in ponds. They also ate the hutia, a type of coney, the iguana, rabbit and other small animals.
They were located in Cuba