The colorful ribbon snails, with their vividly spiraled shells, clung to the wooden walls inside the chieftain's hut, resembling moving gemstones. These stunning snails are unique land mollusks of Cuba Snake Island and are beloved by the Taino Tribe as beautiful little creatures.
In ancient legends, the appearance of the ribbon snails was credited to a young Taíno Chief who, for his beloved, overcame numerous obstacles to beseech the Heavenly Divine for the world's most beautiful colors, which he then imbued into the snails' shells to create these wondrous beings! Thus, the Taino people adore these snails; they are not only gifts exchanged between young lovers as tokens of affection but also sacrifices offered to the Heavenly Divine.
In later times, they came to be known as "Cuban Candy Snails," moving "candies," the most beautiful snails in the world!
