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Thank you for covering my country! I'm happy to see Suriname becoming more known. Videos like these really make me appreciate my country more, eventhough the country's in crisis. ❤
Relax it is no so "great" as people think. There are alot of burglars and domistic violence. The SRD (currency) is only good to wipe your ass. Overall people are trying to leave the country.... sorry to be so negative but it is the truth
Nice and informative! What I missed was the large emigration of the population between 1970 when independence was becoming clear, and 1985 during the turmoil afterwards, almost half the population left to the Netherlands, with big change in the demographics as result. Certain groups within the population tended more to leave than others.
@@barta9342 1975-1980 Surinamese could choose which nationality they wanted. Until 1975 Surinamese in Surinam had Dutch nationality. The year with the highest number of Surinamese moving to the Netherlands, 40.000, supposedly was 1975. Nowadays statistics are a bit distorted imo, at least, in so far I know statistics count mixed Surinamese-Dutch people, those born in The Netherlands too , as Surinamese immigrants.
@@realmofthesenses correct , if one of the parents is "allochtoon " or migrant the next generation is of migrant origen. It used for "positive discrimination
Thank yoou so much for making this video. I'm overjoyed to see Suriname gets more recognition. People need to see the beauty of all the different ethnicities and how they live together in Suriname. I was born and raised in Suriname as an Indonesian but now I'm going to college in Indonesia. Can't wait to go back after I graduate.. oh how I miss Suriname (especially the food!!) ❤
Thank you for your very nice work on geography overall, your interest in our country and for mentioning curiosities such as our national language Sranan Tongo. We find ourselves, as Surinamese South Americans, located on a strategic platform which connects Europe and the Americas. Please note your depiction of Suriname on 0.10 seconds shows wrong contours. The correct map can be found contacting our official Planning department, Gonini website, or agricultural research institute CELOS. It is very unfortunate that lots of wrong versions of our map are floating around on the internet until today.
Thank you! And thank you for bringing up the border issue. I took the maps I saw at face value and should have looked into border disputes. I made not of my mistake in the top comment.
It’s been brought to my attention that the borders of Suriname are different than what was shown on the first map of the video depending on the perspective. Not being very familiar with the country before researching Suriname, I mistakenly used US based maps only, to include Google Earth which showed the borders from US perspective since this is where I’m based. This was my mistake and will double check border disputes when researching countries in the future.
@@namenl2205 In English the Surinamese with Indian ancestry is called Indo-Surinamese. Those that comes from Indonesia mostly will be identified as 'Javanese' to refer to the specific ethnic
I grew up with my best friend, a Javanese Surinamese guy since we were about 11 or so, when we were 21, we visited his family there and all I can say is I never wanted to leave. I came there battling depression and I cam back reborn, its rich with history and lots and lots of kind people. Every country has it's downsides ofcourse, so it's definitely not paradise, but its very close
@@gsw977SoekarnoNederlands-Indie I'm saying I couldn't stay at that age and have been making arrangements to stay permanently ever since, 2019-2021 havn't made it easier tho 😅
My first 4 years I lived in Marienburg, Suriname, although I can’t remember much it is still in my heart and the people and country are always giving me a smile.
@ 04:31 ---> SURINAMESE TOLORANCE: Two beautiful buildings next to each other adorn the Keizerstraat in Paramaribo. One is a mosque of the Ahmadiya movement, the other is a synagogue. The distance between the two buildings is no greater than sixty meters. A wall of only one and a half meters high forms the boundary. From the first floor, the Muslims pray with their heads towards the synagogue. There are no security measures at the entrance to the Jewish place of worship. One cannot recall an incident with the Jewish neighbours. Probably nowhere in the world are a mosque and a synagogue so right next to each other and the mutual relationships are so positive.
Ahmadiya Muslim are persecuted by sunnis in Pakistan, they aren't even considered Muslims by Pakistan maybe beacuse they believe Buddha and Krishna as prophet? I am glad that Ahmadiya people are well treated in Suriname.
This is a utterly false representation of Suriname . Wrong as it is; the Afro Surinamese are the greatest group of inhabitants of Suriname. This presentation of 38% number is WRONG by easily mis-designation of Afro Surinamese and dividing, miscalling and noted in different fixed mixed ethnic groups As simply and STUPID like that, some unaware Afro head of the census bureau named; "Iwan Sno", (an Afro Surinamese himself) pulled that sick, nation dividing joke off. Now it seems to be worldwide authenticated and mistaken for truth. Suriname is a CURSED nation . It's future will show .
@@gielman916 Cursed? Ha....then explain to me why Suriname doesn't know about nature's catastrophes. No storms, no drought, no floodings or any other nature's catastrophe. You name it. Explain to me why the people of Suriname, no matter the race, live in peace with each other. Explain to me how Suriname is SO BLESSED to be the greenest country in the whole world. For 93% of Suriname is forest. So what if our economy isn't that what it should be. But, again, we are BLESSED that are not at the poverty line and the homeless you can count on your 10 fingers. I don't know who or what you are,but before speaking ill or bad about Suriname, I recommend you to do the RIGHT research. And if that isn't enough, why don't you just visit the beautiful and BLESSED Suriname, at least once.
Very happy too see a video about out country. Although my country isn't doing good at the moment but i am a proud Surinamese netizen. I love my country so Thank you so much. I really appreciate it ❣️. Greetings from Suriname
@@thanosal-titan The original Javanese name is in Sanskrit but after many of them were converted to Islam, they started using Arabic names .So his original name might be like Osama Bin Abdulla Bagdadi something
@@pritsingh9766 I am a Javanese myself, and I am also a Muslim but my first name is in Sanskrit and my last name is traditional Javanese old names. Actually many of us still uses a traditional Javanese name (Yanto, Yono, Susilo, Agus, Susi, Ayu, etc) or Sanskrit/Hindu name (Surya, Adi, Abimana, Arjuna, Sri, Larasati, Satria etc) Btw, fyi, that "Baghdadi" last name that you've mention is actually a "place indicator", which means the person who have that name was born in Baghdad City, Iraq. So, for someone who was born in Suriname to have "Baghdadi" as his last name is absurd.
Amazing video! Would love to see you make a video about the history and demografics of Haiti. Including the roles of the French, Spanish, English and Polish that turned on the French.
You’ve done your research very well! Great video on my home country. For part two you might consider talking about the Surinamese diaspora spread out over the globe 🌎.
The poorest culture is the Indian culinar culture with only rotie, pulawri, bara and some other sweets made out of fluor and sugar. They're genuinely eating with their fingers . Compare the Indian cuisine with the Javanese, Chinese Creole or any other culinairy culture for that matter to see the difference . Every single Indian Surinamese descendant originated from the lowest perpetually cursed cast or no cast bearing Indians . NONE FROM NEPAL nor AFGHANISTAN. ruclips.net/video/4MK5o9Vhiqk/видео.html
@@miss55apple my heritage is Suriname. Suriname was build with 250 years of unpaid Afro labor. 400.000 Afro Surinamese laid their lives down, doing that . This happened during a time, when the world population was < 1 billion. None other immigrant was part of this struggle . Suriname was made an Independent nation, only by Afro Surinamese . None other immigrant was part of it.
Some addition. 1 july 1863 was the 'offiial' date of abolishment of slavery in Surinam. In reality former slaves were forced to keep on working on plantations for a period of 10 years, be it on a conrract. These 10 years are called 'Periode van Staatstoezicht'. More and more Surinamese living in the Netherlands are considering 1 july 1873 as the real year of actual abolisment of slavery. Also the lives of the migrants on a contract from Asia were difficult, as it was quite common for plantation owners to not stick to their part of the workingcontracts. Creole AfroSurinamese are mixed with not only Indiginous and European, but also with Asians (Chinese, Javanese, Hindostani), Portugese Jewish (Sefardim), German Jewish (Ashkenazi), Maroons, Boeroes . The same is more and more the reality nowadays for other, not AfroSurinamese groups.
@@D-Lusion It must be wonderful to still have a contract of those times. I know the contracts of Asian migrant workers were 5 years. They could be extended with another 5 years. However, the contractperiod for emancipated AfroSurinamese, called Periode van Staatstoezicht, was from 1863 till 1873. I have no knowledge of the exact content or duration of individual contracts with former enslaved AfroSurinamese.
Conditions is the Netherlands were tough to after the Napolitaanse wars the country was bankrupt . Severe poverty for the great majority of the inhabitants of the Netherlands . About 30 % lived like uneducated wanderer. Sever punishment for discipline common at school . military , and for the crew in front of the masts . Catholisme restorde in 1853 , before forbidden to practice in open . Childlabour until 1900. etc etc etc . After 1873 many plantations were owned by the families of the former slaves.
@@barta9342 Many? Do you have numbers or % percentages. I know some plantations were bought by former enslaved workers, e. g. a well known example is Plantation Roorak, it is still owned by a couple of families, all descendents of these emancipated slaves. Other plantations were simply left, and today no one knows who legally is the owner.
@@realmofthesenses It's a misunderstanding thinking al non-whites were slaves . Many were before abolishing slavery free man .In the case of women i remember miss Samson the biggest slave owner in the 17 hundreds.The inhabitants of Paramaribo were mostly free colored people in the 17 and 18 hundreds .(manu Missie etc. ) The Marron 's also before abolishing slavery ,free man . "Europeans" or Whites and Jews were a minority. The percentages will hard to be find because for example the numbers of Marrons will be difficult to estimate . You have and you probly know the same "Bere" meaning the same mother from a former plantage of which many owned by these families . The last names can refer to those plantages or slave owners. The percentages you are asking , for this research is necessary but also difficult because there was no basic administration and properties could also changed from hand without administration . You can find answers studying "testaments" or "last wills" but a complete registration isn't available as far I know. It will be interesting studying the period after abolishing slavery and the story of free colored people in Suriname . Say from 1863 to 1940 . In 1928 everyone became Dutch ,before this time for example the "hindustanen " were British. etc.
I expected the Chinese percentage to be much higher because when I was in NL I noticed that all their Chinese restaurants were actually “Surinaams” Chinese Restaurants so I thought they must have been pretty influential on the culture.
There’s nothing ‘weird’ about the demographics of Suriname. This is just how things happened during colonial times. In some parts of the world people may see this as ‘weird’ if you are not used to see these kind of demographics in certain places. But for me, a Dutchie of Indian-Surinamese descent, it makes perfect sense. As for most people with with connections to / basic knowledge of Suriname. Good video btw 👍🏽
Another point that was not mentioned: Suriname was the ‘consolation prize’ for the Brits taking over Dutch possessions in North America, i.e. New York. The country wasn’t considered valuable at the time. Until the discovery of bauxite.
AT that time , it was quite the opposite; the SUrinam area was considered economically profitable, and the New York/Amsterdam island , enveloped by all things british looked to be not economically viable (hunting beaver skin ? denied..logging wood ? denied...).
Solid video! Just a small comment on your pronunciation, Dutch is basically said like "dodge", but without drawing out the vowel as much. You make it sound more like Deutsch, which is the German word for "German". Not the same.
I like this video. I only noticed that you skipped an explanation for so little indigenous people. It is the same as in all the Americas; they were the locals and murdered by the Europeans for colonisation.
Aku wong Jowo Indonesia. salam kanggo sedulurku wong Jowo neng Suriname. Aku pengen dolan neng Suriname... moga aku bisa neng Suriname... salam seduluran soko Yogyakarta
@@GeographyGeek Dude, take all the time you need. The fact that you'll be willing to make one is already so awesome. Thank you so much! As someone from Curaçao, I appreciate you a lot.
As a former inhabitant of Suriname, I find the demographic of Suriname and South Africa share a similar trait. Both countries have had their demographics influenced by the Dutch and the British.
Ek vind die uitspraak van Surinamese Dutch en Afrikaans baie dieselfde. Groete uit Suid Afrika 🇿🇦 I find the pronunciation of Surinamese Dutch and Afrikaans very similar. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
Our rainforest, the current ethnicities( Lebanese, Turkish etc) and the multiple languages that are spoken could also be very good topics ! There are at least 18 languages spoken and each Surinamese can at least speak and understand 2 or 3 languages.
Very nice, informative and to the point. Tips for next topics: Suriname was always a rich country, but since independency from the Netherlands it became a poor and unorganized country. What is your thought about getting Suriname out of this mess, what can they do on export, on tourism, what are nearby countries to work with and why. Greetings from Suriname.
Interesting demographics, similar story to Cape Town: Tussle between England and Netherlands, slaves from South East Asia, West Africa and Americas. Cape Town "Coloureds" are multiracial as well. Dankie , dit was baie interessant. Groete van die Kaap.
I live in Suriname i am a mix of ondo Suriname creol and almost al of my ancestors are from Suriname and if you want i can teach you how to speak our language
The Ditch weren't too bright in giving up Manhattan and New Amsterdam to the British for that hell hole of Suriname. The same ironically holds true of the French who gave up not one but two huge tracks of North America for their South American hell hole of French Guyana....
Surinam isn't part of the Amazon watershed. The Maroons went into the interior of the country, north of the Tumukhumac mountain range, which is the source of a number of rivers flowing northward, such as the Suriname and Marowijne rivers.
The demographic is almost as "weird" as the rest of the countries in the Caribean South America and the rest of the world that was brutalized, pillaged, robbed empty etc. etc. by the "traders" and "explorers".😩😩😩
Those are not our borders. A large part is missing. Our border is set by two rivers. Corantijn and Marowijne river all the way down. other than that great vid.
My family are from Suriname my grandfather his mother was a slave back then love my roots been to Suriname once although i didn't like it because it was so busy and i have a problem with being around a lot of people although that I still think it's really beautiful but yeah I was 12 years old when I went there and now 41 so yeah probably a lot have changed what I have heard about it from my nephew who was there for the video clip of boef.
I LOVE SU🇸🇷, I was born in Florida but grew up in Suriname, I can’t wait to go back to Suriname , it needs to get restored back to how it was, there needs to be a new president‼️‼️
I live in Suriname i live by the rivier my grandpa helpt people in the 19's my mom and my aunt are his kids but my grandpa died in 2010 but my grandma is still here my grandpa helpt people when ever its 1am or 3am he always helpt and my mom and aunt have a brother he has to kids one boy and one girl they are in there 20's and my aunt has 2 kids also my mom has 2 kids my cousin is the oldest drom all 25 and thats my family bye
As a Surinamese, I have to say that I like thus video. You did however as expected mispronounced a few words but that does not really matter since it is hard to explain how to correctly pronounce the words.
I beg to talk, different about slavery ? It was with hard Afro labor (slavery) on which Suriname was started in 1615, and for 90% build and founded on. With 250 years Afro labor(slavery) build and founded Suriname; really out of the virgin tropical jungle and swamp. The blueprint was created by the colonial Dutch administration. 400,000 Afro forefathers were lost, in a timespan, when the world population was
I have a question. Are the Indo-Surinamese considered to be of the black race? And if not, what race are they considered? Thank you for educating the world on this topic! Great video✨🇸🇷
Yo nunca sabia que estaba este pais en sur america.hasta ahorita in 2024 me acabo de de dar cuenta de este pais.i never kneww this country existed.until now in 2024 nice country good culture .good history.
This country is my native birth land!! Such an sweet country to live, nice weather, deliciouse fruit and food ..all cultures (from India, Java/ Indonesië, China, Africa, and the mixed culture the Creolen , the real natives, the Indians with red skin, and the Dutch people people...all live together as one nation!!! No jelousy or nasty Neighbours...but all changed ..when one person became President (after Surinam was Ondependant from Holland). His name Desi Bouterse, changed the whole LIFE of a lot of Surinam people....hè killed some very highstandard Surinam people, very intelligent people...His milletaries took those people from their homes or at their work...and let them all executed without an trial!!! Murder by first degree...So a lot of intelligent high standard people were affraid that the same execution would happend to them...so they fled to the Motherland Holland, or to the USA, Canada, Australië...or to the Antillen..Aruba, French Guyana and Brasil! This president changed the life of so many many many Surinam people...i hope hè looked himself in the mirror and relalized what an MONSTER HE WAS!! Judgementsdau is waiting for him!!!! He live sn LIFE as an king ...but the day when hè closed his eyes for ever...his Master is waiting for him....and no one is going to hear him...no one...only his Master!!!By doing evil...means ..he sold his soul to the master of Evil!!! And what is from the Master of Evil hè never let go.....what is from God...God never let go.. So rewards and judgement comes Upstairs in the Universum!!!!!!
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Thank you for covering my country! I'm happy to see Suriname becoming more known. Videos like these really make me appreciate my country more, eventhough the country's in crisis. ❤
No problem! Suriname is a very interesting country!
@@GeographyGeek not Really tbh-
@@Andreyenne you just had to be that guy
@@HonestlyLOL because I also am From Suriname 🤦
@@Andreyenne plot twist
I realy love when people talk about my country suriname love from suriname🇸🇷🇸🇷
Ik ook. Kang kang Sranang man.
🇸🇷❤️
Relax it is no so "great" as people think. There are alot of burglars and domistic violence. The SRD (currency) is only good to wipe your ass. Overall people are trying to leave the country.... sorry to be so negative but it is the truth
Lobi gi sranan ❤
Lobie ✊🏽
Nice and informative!
What I missed was the large emigration of the population between 1970 when independence was becoming clear, and 1985 during the turmoil afterwards, almost half the population left to the Netherlands, with big change in the demographics as result.
Certain groups within the population tended more to leave than others.
Solid point! Thanks for watching as always.
@@GeographyGeek Thx!
And another aspect on demographics: the population is very young, with a large majority under 25 years old.
250.000 migrated towards a very small country called the Netherlands
@@barta9342 1975-1980 Surinamese could choose which nationality they wanted. Until 1975 Surinamese in Surinam had Dutch nationality.
The year with the highest number of Surinamese moving to the Netherlands, 40.000, supposedly was 1975. Nowadays statistics are a bit distorted imo, at least, in so far I know statistics count mixed Surinamese-Dutch people, those born in The Netherlands too , as Surinamese immigrants.
@@realmofthesenses correct , if one of the parents is "allochtoon " or migrant the next generation is of migrant origen. It used for "positive discrimination
geweldig eindelijk om eindelijk een video te zin vn suriname
This is my county! Thank you for making this video. Love this. ❤️🇸🇷
Please I need visit visa
I'm from suriname and i don't see enough videos about my country so this makes my heart happy. Please make more❤🇸🇷
Hi can i contact you through instagram or ws number?
Thank yoou so much for making this video. I'm overjoyed to see Suriname gets more recognition. People need to see the beauty of all the different ethnicities and how they live together in Suriname. I was born and raised in Suriname as an Indonesian but now I'm going to college in Indonesia. Can't wait to go back after I graduate.. oh how I miss Suriname (especially the food!!) ❤
Thank you for your very nice work on geography overall, your interest in our country and for mentioning curiosities such as our national language Sranan Tongo. We find ourselves, as Surinamese South Americans, located on a strategic platform which connects Europe and the Americas. Please note your depiction of Suriname on 0.10 seconds shows wrong contours. The correct map can be found contacting our official Planning department, Gonini website, or agricultural research institute CELOS. It is very unfortunate that lots of wrong versions of our map are floating around on the internet until today.
Thank you! And thank you for bringing up the border issue. I took the maps I saw at face value and should have looked into border disputes. I made not of my mistake in the top comment.
It’s been brought to my attention that the borders of Suriname are different than what was shown on the first map of the video depending on the perspective. Not being very familiar with the country before researching Suriname, I mistakenly used US based maps only, to include Google Earth which showed the borders from US perspective since this is where I’m based. This was my mistake and will double check border disputes when researching countries in the future.
@@namenl2205 i
@@namenl2205 In English the Surinamese with Indian ancestry is called Indo-Surinamese. Those that comes from Indonesia mostly will be identified as 'Javanese' to refer to the specific ethnic
@@adityac3239 That is correct!
🙌Thanks for putting us on the map. I appreciate your hard work!
Thank you, please correct! 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing this about my country. Beautiful to hear and see it from other peoples eyes.
I grew up with my best friend, a Javanese Surinamese guy since we were about 11 or so, when we were 21, we visited his family there and all I can say is I never wanted to leave.
I came there battling depression and I cam back reborn, its rich with history and lots and lots of kind people. Every country has it's downsides ofcourse, so it's definitely not paradise, but its very close
Dat is helemaal waar
So you're basically saying that you left that country because obvious reasons.
@@gsw977SoekarnoNederlands-Indie I'm saying I couldn't stay at that age and have been making arrangements to stay permanently ever since, 2019-2021 havn't made it easier tho 😅
@@Notaweebiswear From which country are you?
@@pizzadonutaremyfav8515 The Netherlands
Thanks for making this it, actually learned a lot from it 👍
No problem! Glad you enjoyed it
My first 4 years I lived in Marienburg, Suriname, although I can’t remember much it is still in my heart and the people and country are always giving me a smile.
@ 04:31 ---> SURINAMESE TOLORANCE:
Two beautiful buildings next to each other adorn the Keizerstraat in Paramaribo. One is a mosque of the Ahmadiya movement, the other is a synagogue. The distance between the two buildings is no greater than sixty meters. A wall of only one and a half meters high forms the boundary. From the first floor, the Muslims pray with their heads towards the synagogue. There are no security measures at the entrance to the Jewish place of worship. One cannot recall an incident with the Jewish neighbours. Probably nowhere in the world are a mosque and a synagogue so right next to each other and the mutual relationships are so positive.
Beautiful
yes there is in Iran and mind you India the motherships of civilization but yet the world won't admit
Ahmadiya Muslim are persecuted by sunnis in Pakistan, they aren't even considered Muslims by Pakistan maybe beacuse they believe Buddha and Krishna as prophet? I am glad that Ahmadiya people are well treated in Suriname.
Waw!
Thank you very much!
This really means a lot.
Love and greetings from Suriname 🤗🇸🇷
This is a utterly false representation of Suriname .
Wrong as it is; the Afro Surinamese are the greatest group of inhabitants of Suriname.
This presentation of 38% number is WRONG by easily mis-designation of Afro Surinamese and dividing, miscalling and noted in different fixed mixed ethnic groups
As simply and STUPID like that, some unaware Afro head of the census bureau named; "Iwan Sno", (an Afro Surinamese himself) pulled that sick, nation dividing joke off.
Now it seems to be worldwide authenticated and mistaken for truth.
Suriname is a CURSED nation .
It's future will show .
@@gielman916
Cursed?
Ha....then explain to me why Suriname doesn't know about nature's catastrophes.
No storms, no drought, no floodings or any other nature's catastrophe. You name it.
Explain to me why the people of Suriname, no matter the race, live in peace with each other.
Explain to me how Suriname is SO BLESSED to be the greenest country in the whole world. For 93% of Suriname is forest.
So what if our economy isn't that what it should be.
But, again, we are BLESSED that are not at the poverty line and the homeless you can count on your 10 fingers.
I don't know who or what you are,but before speaking ill or bad about Suriname, I recommend you to do the RIGHT research.
And if that isn't enough, why don't you just visit the beautiful and BLESSED Suriname, at least once.
@@faizamhassak1864 nice I like that
Great video, keep em coming!
Thank you!
Thank you for making this video!!! ❤
Very happy too see a video about out country. Although my country isn't doing good at the moment but i am a proud Surinamese netizen. I love my country so Thank you so much. I really appreciate it ❣️. Greetings from Suriname
I'm glad to have stumbled across this video. I'm a proud Surinamese with Indonesian roots. Thank you 🙋♀️
Do you have Javanese name?
@@thanosal-titan The original Javanese name is in Sanskrit but after many of them were converted to Islam, they started using Arabic names .So his original name might be like Osama Bin Abdulla Bagdadi something
@@pritsingh9766
I am a Javanese myself, and I am also a Muslim but my first name is in Sanskrit and my last name is traditional Javanese old names. Actually many of us still uses a traditional Javanese name (Yanto, Yono, Susilo, Agus, Susi, Ayu, etc) or Sanskrit/Hindu name (Surya, Adi, Abimana, Arjuna, Sri, Larasati, Satria etc)
Btw, fyi, that "Baghdadi" last name that you've mention is actually a "place indicator", which means the person who have that name was born in Baghdad City, Iraq. So, for someone who was born in Suriname to have "Baghdadi" as his last name is absurd.
@@pritsingh9766 islamophobic indian detected
Amazing video! Would love to see you make a video about the history and demografics of Haiti. Including the roles of the French, Spanish, English and Polish that turned on the French.
Okay now you did your research! I love this.👏
It's not weird! It is different from many other countries yes, but not weird!! Greetings from Suriname 🇸🇷
Sorry I didn’t mean weird in a bad way. I meant it as in unique, odd, or different. Greetings, and thanks for watching!
You’ve done your research very well! Great video on my home country. For part two you might consider talking about the Surinamese diaspora spread out over the globe 🌎.
Nice job greetings from 🇸🇷
Tank you for taking the time to talk about my country ❤❤
Wow so cool! Thanks for the info! Im born in Suriname (Indian roots), raised up in the Netherlands 🤩
Love the fact people get to know my country more❤💪
Suriname has one of the best cuisines in the world.
The poorest culture is the Indian culinar culture with only rotie, pulawri, bara and some other sweets made out of fluor and sugar.
They're genuinely eating with their fingers .
Compare the Indian cuisine with the Javanese, Chinese Creole or any other culinairy culture for that matter to see the difference . Every single Indian Surinamese descendant originated from the lowest perpetually cursed cast or no cast bearing Indians . NONE FROM NEPAL nor AFGHANISTAN.
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@@gielman916 what is your heritage if I may ask?
@@miss55apple my heritage is Suriname.
Suriname was build with 250 years of unpaid Afro labor.
400.000 Afro Surinamese laid their lives down, doing that .
This happened during a time, when the world population was < 1 billion.
None other immigrant was part of this struggle .
Suriname was made an Independent nation, only by Afro Surinamese .
None other immigrant was part of it.
😂 dat is uw mening 😉
Nah it doesn't. Surinamese food is like budget AliExpress version of food of real Asian food from India or indonesia
You gotta love all the delicious foods Suriname has to offer! 👍
don't get me started 🤤🤤🤤
I'm hungry
Bro i'm from suriname born in the netherlands and I knew so little about my own country...thanks for this
Love this video about my birth country , beautiful and many tnx for sharing
Some addition. 1 july 1863 was the 'offiial' date of abolishment of slavery in Surinam. In reality former slaves were forced to keep on working on plantations for a period of 10 years, be it on a conrract. These 10 years are called 'Periode van Staatstoezicht'. More and more Surinamese living in the Netherlands are considering 1 july 1873 as the real year of actual abolisment of slavery. Also the lives of the migrants on a contract from Asia were difficult, as it was quite common for plantation owners to not stick to their part of the workingcontracts. Creole AfroSurinamese are mixed with not only Indiginous and European, but also with Asians (Chinese, Javanese, Hindostani), Portugese Jewish (Sefardim), German Jewish (Ashkenazi), Maroons, Boeroes . The same is more and more the reality nowadays for other, not AfroSurinamese groups.
Actually it was 5 years. I still have the contract.
@@D-Lusion It must be wonderful to still have a contract of those times. I know the contracts of Asian migrant workers were 5 years. They could be extended with another 5 years. However, the contractperiod for emancipated AfroSurinamese, called Periode van Staatstoezicht, was from 1863 till 1873. I have no knowledge of the exact content or duration of individual contracts with former enslaved AfroSurinamese.
Conditions is the Netherlands were tough to after the Napolitaanse wars the country was bankrupt .
Severe poverty for the great majority of the inhabitants of the Netherlands . About 30 % lived like uneducated wanderer.
Sever punishment for discipline common at school . military , and for the crew in front of the masts .
Catholisme restorde in 1853 , before forbidden to practice in open .
Childlabour until 1900. etc etc etc .
After 1873 many plantations were owned by the families of the former slaves.
@@barta9342 Many? Do you have numbers or % percentages. I know some plantations were bought by former enslaved workers, e. g. a well known example is Plantation Roorak, it is still owned by a couple of families, all descendents of these emancipated slaves. Other plantations were simply left, and today no one knows who legally is the owner.
@@realmofthesenses It's a misunderstanding thinking al non-whites were slaves . Many were before abolishing slavery free man .In the case of women i remember miss Samson the biggest slave owner in the 17 hundreds.The inhabitants of Paramaribo were mostly free colored people in the 17 and 18 hundreds .(manu Missie etc. )
The Marron 's also before abolishing slavery ,free man . "Europeans" or Whites and Jews were a minority.
The percentages will hard to be find because for example the numbers of Marrons will be difficult to estimate .
You have and you probly know the same "Bere" meaning the same mother from a former plantage of which many owned by these families . The last names can refer to those plantages or slave owners.
The percentages you are asking , for this research is necessary but also difficult because there was no basic administration and properties could also changed from hand without administration .
You can find answers studying "testaments" or "last wills" but a complete registration isn't available as far I know.
It will be interesting studying the period after abolishing slavery and the story of free colored people in Suriname .
Say from 1863 to 1940 . In 1928 everyone became Dutch ,before this time for example the "hindustanen " were British. etc.
I would love to know more about this unique country, wonderful documentary.
Thank you! I have more planned
as a Surinamese I can confirm that this video is 99% accurrate (the way you said sranantongo was funny AF LMAO)
I expected the Chinese percentage to be much higher because when I was in NL I noticed that all their Chinese restaurants were actually “Surinaams” Chinese Restaurants so I thought they must have been pretty influential on the culture.
There’s nothing ‘weird’ about the demographics of Suriname. This is just how things happened during colonial times. In some parts of the world people may see this as ‘weird’ if you are not used to see these kind of demographics in certain places. But for me, a Dutchie of Indian-Surinamese descent, it makes perfect sense. As for most people with with connections to / basic knowledge of Suriname.
Good video btw 👍🏽
So it's odd, but not weird?
Weird as in uncommon or unique. Kids today wanna be offended by everything jeez calm the fugg down.
Using “weird” is more of a click bait
Weird means that it's not common , so this whole text is pointless
I'm also from suriname. This is the first time that there's a documentary. Love my country.
Another point that was not mentioned: Suriname was the ‘consolation prize’ for the Brits taking over Dutch possessions in North America, i.e. New York. The country wasn’t considered valuable at the time. Until the discovery of bauxite.
Geography 👍
AT that time , it was quite the opposite; the SUrinam area was considered economically profitable, and the New York/Amsterdam island , enveloped by all things british looked to be not economically viable (hunting beaver skin ? denied..logging wood ? denied...).
Plantations produced luxury products for Europe: chocolate, coffee, sugar, tropical wood etc.
@@oddballsok That is some dutch revisionist bs. The dutch lost new amsterdam, they had no way of holding it and it wasnt a real trade.
This comment is completely wrong. Suriname was at the time of New Amsterdam way more profitable.
Thankyou for this video
No problem! Thank you for watching!
Solid video! Just a small comment on your pronunciation, Dutch is basically said like "dodge", but without drawing out the vowel as much. You make it sound more like Deutsch, which is the German word for "German". Not the same.
learning about suriname for the first time hope you guys are having good time down there. cheers. 🇮🇳 from 🇺🇸
Thanks for this video. If I were teaching geography this would be an Excellent example of the theme of movement.
I can relate to Suriname so much since I'm a product of different languages and cultures around the globe.
That means they screwed your great grandparents multiple times!! Haha😅😅
What ethnicities you havein you? 🙂
Nice video, very informative 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
Thank you!
I love my Indian Suriname family in law :) Can't wait to visit one day with them
So proud to be a Surinamese🇸🇷
bigup sranang 🇸🇷❤️
I like this video. I only noticed that you skipped an explanation for so little indigenous people. It is the same as in all the Americas; they were the locals and murdered by the Europeans for colonisation.
I agree.. it’s not like they asked for all that diversity.
Aku wong Jowo Indonesia. salam kanggo sedulurku wong Jowo neng Suriname. Aku pengen dolan neng Suriname... moga aku bisa neng Suriname... salam seduluran soko Yogyakarta
Would you be making a video on Curaçao? Especially since they were also colonized by the Netherlands and all that?
I don't have one scheduled but I probably will at some point.
@@GeographyGeek
Dude, take all the time you need. The fact that you'll be willing to make one is already so awesome. Thank you so much! As someone from Curaçao, I appreciate you a lot.
Grantangi fu a video disie!!
(thanks for this video in Sranang)
Thanks for watching!!
I am from Suriname and i like this video...
indonesian here. lotsa love for suriname! would love to visit someday for the food n culture
"Suriname's demographics sound like a GeographyNow!'s April Fool's episode" !? LoL ^-^ !
Interessant!
I am from Suriname 🇸🇷 and i am a hindu
From India here, proud of you guys continuing your tradition. Respect to all Indian and surinames3 people
As a former inhabitant of Suriname, I find the demographic of Suriname and South Africa share a similar trait. Both countries have had their demographics influenced by the Dutch and the British.
Because of colonization
Ek vind die uitspraak van Surinamese Dutch en Afrikaans baie dieselfde. Groete uit Suid Afrika 🇿🇦
I find the pronunciation of Surinamese Dutch and Afrikaans very similar. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
South Africa is a black african country in Africa with small minorities of colonial people
Thanks for the the information about my country. Mix race 🏎 every where.
One thing you might add: Suriname was the first proposed future state of Israel! It's first capital was Torarica, named after the Torah.
What are some other interesting topics about Suriname you would like me to research and make a video about?
Bauxite exports for aluminum industry during the second world war. Lookup Suralco (Alcoa company)
Suriname is the greenest country in the world, with rainforest covering more than 90%.
The rivers
Why french Guiana is still under possession and not independent
Our rainforest, the current ethnicities( Lebanese, Turkish etc) and the multiple languages that are spoken could also be very good topics ! There are at least 18 languages spoken and each Surinamese can at least speak and understand 2 or 3 languages.
You guys actually realize us
Very nice, informative and to the point. Tips for next topics: Suriname was always a rich country, but since independency from the Netherlands it became a poor and unorganized country. What is your thought about getting Suriname out of this mess, what can they do on export, on tourism, what are nearby countries to work with and why. Greetings from Suriname.
I miss Suriname, I'm from there as well. But now I am in USA, Beach VA. Wish there were some cool Suriname ppl here my age lol 30
I live in Suriname thanks for bringing my and lots of people land op i epricied it by the way I love ur video's good day 💖 ♥
Interesting demographics, similar story to Cape Town: Tussle between England and Netherlands, slaves from South East Asia, West Africa and Americas. Cape Town "Coloureds" are multiracial as well.
Dankie , dit was baie interessant. Groete van die Kaap.
I live in Suriname i am a mix of ondo Suriname creol and almost al of my ancestors are from Suriname and if you want i can teach you how to speak our language
"The Demographic effects of European Colonialism"
Watching from Australia
Getting Ready for the Premiere!!! 😮😮😀😀😀
bonjour pouvez vous lire ceci?
Watching this from Suriname
Can you make a video about Mauritius? Its also very weird!
The Ditch weren't too bright in giving up Manhattan and New Amsterdam to the British for that hell hole of Suriname. The same ironically holds true of the French who gave up not one but two huge tracks of North America for their South American hell hole of French Guyana....
visited there earlier this year.
beautiful country.
cheap food. cheap hotels.
Oh nice! I have read it’s an underestimated tourist destination.
From Sranang and Proud✊
Much love coming from Suriname 🙌❤
Surinam isn't part of the Amazon watershed. The Maroons went into the interior of the country, north of the Tumukhumac mountain range, which is the source of a number of rivers flowing northward, such as the Suriname and Marowijne rivers.
watching from Kenya
Surinam would be completely different if there was no Bouterse. I felt ashamed when this murderer became president. And he's still walking free.
For everyone visiting the Netherlands, seek out a Suranamese sandwich shop. The are really good and very unique. the "POM" Sandwiches are my favorite
For me is broodje kerrie kip of broodje kouseband in de amsterdamse poort of venserpolder
Hallo suriname ik ben van suriname wat een mooie geschiedenis van suriname en het is leerrrijk.
@Shaquille RR ik ben van suriname
Ik ben van commewijne
Mooie geschiedenis?
Suriname gaat nu achteruit alles word duurder ik pinaart nu 🥲
Ik ben ook van Suriname. Groetjes vanuit Commewijne.💓
The demographic is almost as "weird" as the rest of the countries in the Caribean South America and the rest of the world that was brutalized, pillaged, robbed empty etc. etc. by the "traders" and "explorers".😩😩😩
Thank you for talking about my country.
Those are not our borders. A large part is missing. Our border is set by two rivers. Corantijn and Marowijne river all the way down. other than that great vid.
Thank you! I noted it in the pinned comments.
My family are from Suriname my grandfather his mother was a slave back then love my roots been to Suriname once although i didn't like it because it was so busy and i have a problem with being around a lot of people although that I still think it's really beautiful but yeah I was 12 years old when I went there and now 41 so yeah probably a lot have changed what I have heard about it from my nephew who was there for the video clip of boef.
I LOVE SU🇸🇷, I was born in Florida but grew up in Suriname, I can’t wait to go back to Suriname , it needs to get restored back to how it was, there needs to be a new president‼️‼️
I am Brazilian and Suriname is a very far neighbor of Brazil. Not only for language(s) but also culture.
I am Javanese from Indonesia, I hope one day I can visit Suriname. 🇮🇩🤝🇸🇷
You are welcome bro....saya orang jawa
You should! 🇸🇷❤️
I live in Suriname i live by the rivier my grandpa helpt people in the 19's my mom and my aunt are his kids but my grandpa died in 2010 but my grandma is still here my grandpa helpt people when ever its 1am or 3am he always helpt and my mom and aunt have a brother he has to kids one boy and one girl they are in there 20's and my aunt has 2 kids also my mom has 2 kids my cousin is the oldest drom all 25 and thats my family bye
As a Surinamese, I have to say that I like thus video. You did however as expected mispronounced a few words but that does not really matter since it is hard to explain how to correctly pronounce the words.
Thanks! I try to look most new words to me up before recording but even then the pronunciations on the web don’t always seem to be reliable.
@Rob Roavers Surinamese people
@Rob Roavers ohh we sure do care!
What a great "MIX"
Nice video, but the borders are not correct!
Thank you, I noted the mistake in the pinned comment.
I beg to talk, different about slavery ?
It was with hard Afro labor (slavery) on which Suriname was started in 1615, and for 90% build and founded on. With 250 years Afro labor(slavery) build and founded Suriname; really out of the virgin tropical jungle and swamp. The blueprint was created by the colonial Dutch administration.
400,000 Afro forefathers were lost, in a timespan, when the world population was
The China map at 3:43 ...what its name ?
I have a question. Are the Indo-Surinamese considered to be of the black race? And if not, what race are they considered? Thank you for educating the world on this topic! Great video✨🇸🇷
Grandpa had first car there i only impress him
Yo nunca sabia que estaba este pais en sur america.hasta ahorita in 2024 me acabo de de dar cuenta de este pais.i never kneww this country existed.until now in 2024 nice country good culture .good history.
This country is my native birth land!! Such an sweet country to live, nice weather, deliciouse fruit and food ..all cultures (from India, Java/ Indonesië, China, Africa, and the mixed culture the Creolen , the real natives, the Indians with red skin, and the Dutch people people...all live together as one nation!!! No jelousy or nasty Neighbours...but all changed ..when one person became President (after Surinam was Ondependant from Holland). His name Desi Bouterse, changed the whole LIFE of a lot of Surinam people....hè killed some very highstandard Surinam people, very intelligent people...His milletaries took those people from their homes or at their work...and let them all executed without an trial!!! Murder by first degree...So a lot of intelligent high standard people were affraid that the same execution would happend to them...so they fled to the Motherland Holland, or to the USA, Canada, Australië...or to the Antillen..Aruba, French Guyana and Brasil! This president changed the life of so many many many Surinam people...i hope hè looked himself in the mirror and relalized what an MONSTER HE WAS!! Judgementsdau is waiting for him!!!! He live sn LIFE as an king ...but the day when hè closed his eyes for ever...his Master is waiting for him....and no one is going to hear him...no one...only his Master!!!By doing evil...means ..he sold his soul to the master of Evil!!! And what is from the Master of Evil hè never let go.....what is from God...God never let go..
So rewards and judgement comes Upstairs in the Universum!!!!!!
Please more... 🙂
My birthplace is now a well know country to visit by Americans and other
Yay Suriname is getting more popular