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The truth about living in Suriname | DUTCH language, Surinamese food, culture, wildlife, etc

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Suriname - Surinam - Urlaubsziel - Auswandererziel

Surinam ist ein Staat in Südamerika.
Er grenzt im Norden an den Atlantischen Ozean, im Osten an Französisch-Guayana, im Süden an Brasilien und im Westen an Guyana. Das Land verdankt seinen Namen wahrscheinlich dem Stamm der Surinen, der durch die Arawak aus diesem Gebiet vertrieben wurde. Nationalfeiertag ist der 25. November, der Tag der Unabhängigkeit von den Niederlanden im Jahr 1975. Das Klima ist tropisch. Von Anfang Dezember bis Anfang Februar dauert die kleine, von Ende April bis Mitte August die große Regenzeit. Dazwischen liegen von Anfang Februar bis Ende April die kleine und von Mitte August bis Anfang Dezember die große Trockenzeit. Die durchschnittliche Temperatur schwankt zwischen 24 und 36 Grad Celsius. Suriname kennt eine große Vielfalt an Flora und Fauna. Aus europäischer Sicht wurden beide erstmals durch Maria Sibylla Merian weitergehend erschlossen, die von 1699 bis 1701 naturwissenschaftliche Studien betrieb und ihre Ergebnisse in ihrem Werk Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium veröffentlichte. Anlässlich der Unabhängigkeit erhielt Suriname 1975 eine der Originalausgaben von den Niederlanden als Geschenk.

Noch immer besteht circa 80 % des Grundgebietes aus Regenwald mit u. a. mehr als 1000 Baumarten. Dieser Urwald ist Teil des größten tropischen Regenwaldes auf der Welt, des Amazonas-Regenwalds, dessen größter Teil auf brasilianischem Hoheitsgebiet liegt. Das surinamische Buschland ist daher ein beliebter Studienplatz für Biologen aus der ganzen Welt. Einige Bewohner (Fauna) des Regenwaldes sind u. a. der Kaiman, der Jaguar, das Faultier, der Tapir, das Capybara, das Gürteltier, der Brüllaffe und der Papagei etc. Anzumerken ist noch, dass auf den Stränden bei Galibi besondere Populationen von Meeresschildkröten (von den Kariben Aikanti genannt) zur Eiablage verweilen. Die Bevölkerung besteht nach dem Ergebnis der 8. Volkszählung im Jahre 2012 aus 541.638 Personen:[8]

37,4 % (202.500 Personen) afrikanischer Herkunft – die sich in zwei Gruppen aufteilen:
21,7 % (117.567 Personen) rechnen sich zur Gruppe der Maroons, niederländisch Marrons. Sie sind Nachkommen von vor 1863 geflüchteten Sklaven. Der surinamische Regenwald bot ihnen ein Versteck, und es entstanden Stammesverbände, in denen sich noch heute viele Elemente der westafrikanischen Kultur, Sprache und Religion wiederfinden. Die beiden größten Gruppen sind die Ndyuka und Saramaccaner,
15,7 % (84.933 Personen) bezeichnen sich als Kreolen, Nachkommen ehemals aus Afrika verschleppter Sklaven, die nicht ins Landesinnere geflüchtet waren. Nach der Abschaffung der Sklaverei im Jahr 1863 und dem Ablauf der darauf folgenden zehnjährigen Arbeitspflicht haben sie sich auf den Plantagen und vor allem in der Hauptstadt Paramaribo niedergelassen und sich dort teilweise mit anderen Bevölkerungsgruppen vermischt,
27,4 % (148.443 Personen) indischer Herkunft – die sog. Hindustanen,
13,7 % (73.975 Personen) sind Javaner,
13,4 % (72.340 Personen) zählen sich zur gemischten Gruppe,
7,6 % (40.985 Personen) zählen sich anderen Gruppen zugehörig, wie beispielsweise: Chinesen, Arabern (syrische Christen, Palästinenser und Libanesen), Europäern und indigenen Völkern,
0,6 % (3.395 Personen) unbekannt.
Die Amtssprache ist Niederländisch. Eine erste dauerhafte europäische Siedlung wurde 1651 von Engländern im Auftrag von Francis Willoughby eingerichtet. 1667 nahmen die Niederlande die Kolonie ein. Durch den im selben Jahr geschlossenen Frieden von Breda blieb es beim Status quo. Die Engländer behielten die eingenommene niederländische Kolonie Nieuw Amsterdam (das spätere New York) und die Niederländer ihrerseits das eroberte Suriname. Daher spricht man auch von einem Tauschhandel. Nach dem Dritten Englisch-Niederländischen Krieg wurde dieser Zustand 1674 mit dem Frieden von Westminster offiziell. Quelle Wikipedia
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Suriname

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Back in July of 2019, I spent 11 amazing days traveling around the diverse South American country of Suriname. These are the top 10 places you must visit in Suriname!

1. Paramaribo
Suriname’s capital and largest city. It’s a cosmopolitan melting pot where you can find a rich, colonial past and cuisines that range from Chinese to African to Indonesian to Indian to Dutch. You can also find accommodations for every budget!

2. Tamanredjo
A small town between Paramaribo and Albina. Most of its people are Javanese, and you can find incredible Indonesian chicken, fried banana, rice, and beans, at Warung Lenny’s restaurant in town.

3. Galibi
A small village located at the meeting place of the Maroni River and the Atlantic Ocean. There, you can find lots of outstanding seafood and, between February and June, you can find nesting sea turtles!

4. Brownsweg/Ston Eiland
A town about 80 miles south of Paramaribo, near Brownsberg Nature Park and the Brokopondo Reservoir. The reservoir and surrounding forest offers jungle treks, Howler Monkey Island, and fishing for piranha, and you can find Surinamese barbecue in town!

5. Atjoni
A tiny port village that provides transportation to villages along the Upper Surinamese river. Here, you can grab some Indonesian-inspired food at the riverside restaurant and take a boat ride to Isadou Island.

6. Isadou Island
A small river island in the Upper Suriname River that is home to the Isadou Resort. You can also enjoy delicious jungle food, take treks in the forest, take a dip in the river, search for caiman at night, and visit nearby Jaw Jaw village!

7. Browns-Mountain
A 500-meter-tall mountain in Brownsberg Nature Reserve near Brokopondo Reservoir. From its summit, you can enjoy views of the reservoir and hike to two different jungle waterfalls.

8. Palumeu
A tiny village along the Tapanahony River deep in Suriname’s interior. Take a hike through the jungle to Poti Hill, explore the primary and secondary forests, go fishing in the river rapids, and visit the village!

9. Lelydorp
A mostly Javanese village along the main road leading south from Paramaribo. It’s a great place to find unique handicrafts and Indonesian-inspired street food like lumpia, satay, chicken sausage, and boiled vegetables with spicy peanut sauce!

10. Johanna-Margaretha
An area east of Paramaribo near the meeting place of the Suriname and Commewijne Rivers. Watch the pink-bellied dolphins at sunset and have an Indian dinner at the Johanna en Margaretha plantation before heading out into the swamp to look for caimans at night!

And there you have it! Those are the top 10 places you must visit in Suriname. This country is so unbelievably diverse in terms of culture and food, and is also a gorgeous country that is largely untouched and unknown to most. You will love it!

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Paramaribo, Suriname is NOT what I expected! I'm AMAZED! ????????

Paramaribo is not what I expected! It surpassed my expectations!!! Wow, nice place and country!!!


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Travel Suriname : Dark Creek

In today's episode we travel to Suriname's dark creek located in the ''mapanne gebied'' of Suriname .
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Packrafting in Suriname- 12 day solo paddle

In December 2019 I took a flight to the Rechter Coppename River in Central Suriname. I lucked into a wet weather system and had to protect my electronics from a daily soaking, but managed to record a little of what I stumbled upon. For the most part I enjoyed simply observing the flora and wildlife around me without a camera in hand. As it turned out, twelve days alone on a river was great pandemic training.

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Suriname Night Life During The Pandemic.

I was just taking a short walk, before I met up with some friends, so I decided to show the world a bit of a night life in Paramaribo, during the lockdown. I hope you enjoy this short video guys.

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Soon They'll Deport Him From Suriname Also ???????? (#107)

The time had come to hop the border from Guyana to Suriname. The only problem being that there's a large river separating the two countries, so you need a boat. I decided to record my journey from eastern Guyana on the ferry all the way to the capital of Paramaribo in Suriname, and this is the result. I had the great fortune of meeting some interesting characters along the way.

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Check Out Paramaribo, Suriname On A Saturday Afternoon! Tasting Chicken Sausage And Cow Intestine!

Hey my amazing people, I went for a drive around the city to see what the atmosphere looked like on a Saturday, before Mother's Day. Surprise to see the city empty, and lots of places are flooding again. Join me, let us take this drive together.

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Suriname is Stunning

Suriname, an undeservedly obscure nation in South America has much to offer the traveller. It is a land of dramatic scenery, curious architecture, and an unhurried capital that abounds with charm.


Quarantined for over a month here in Paris, I am dedicating this time to becoming a better video editor and learning about photography, documentary making, videotaping, synching sound, and travel writing. I am learning through trial and error and my weaknesses are on display in each of these videos, but this is the only way I will learn.

When confinement ends, I will be creating videos about interesting places and events in Paris as well as travel documentaries on several different nations.

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Anthropology of the Dutch: The people from Tuindorp

The pigeonhole man studies life in Tuindorp Oostzaan, a private community in Amsterdam North. Once this community was conceived and built as a walhalla among the metropolitan labor areas; 'fruit of struggle and ideals' made by down to the core socialists, 'that made possible what was not possible'. Here there were no ruins but human dignified houses with a large garden in an ordered village, where the worker could live happily. The people from Tuindorp ate there, slept there, worked hard work in shipbuilding there. But times changed; the shipyards went bankrupt. The workers became more self-directed, poverty and facilities disappeared from the district. Slowly the village was swallowed up by the big city. Still, the village remains pleasant in an old school way and its inhabitants are still looking out for each other. But now come the invaders: the yuppies, that do not say hello and do not adhere to the unwritten rules.
Original title: De Hokjesman - De Tuindorpers
Fascinated by the prevailing pigeonhole spirit, the pigeonhole man goes on field research into the world of appealing Dutch subcultures. With a wink to the classical ethnologist, dressed in a three-piece suit with a bow tie, he analyzes the man as one of the animal groups.
Directed by: Jurjen Blick & Michael Schaap
Research: Hellen van Schelven
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Sound: Bouwe Mulder & Bram Meindersma
Presented by: Michael Schaap

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