JAVANESE IN SURINAME

Posted by explogame On Sunday, 18 October 2015 0 comments


Indonesians in Suriname

Suriname is a former Dutch colony.


The 2004 census showed that the population of Suriname is made up of:

135,000 people who came originally from British India,

87,500 mixed-race descendants of West African slaves and Europeans

72,600 Maroons - former slaves from Africa

71,900 Javanese from Indonesia.


Indonesians in Suriname

The Dutch took Javanese to Suriname to work on their plantations.


Indonesians arriving in Suriname

In politics, the Javanese often hold the balance between the larger and more powerful Afro-Surinamese and Hindustani (former British Indians) groups.


Indonesians in Suriname

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Indonesians in Suriname

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