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SURINAME

General Information

• Is a country located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.It´s bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south
• Formerly known as Dutch Guiana, Suriname was a plantation colony of the Netherlands that gained its independence on November 25, 1975. From 1980 to 1987 the country was governed by a succession of military regimes. A new civilian constitution was approved in 1987. Another military coup took place in 1990, but the country returned to civilian rule the following year. 
• The capital is Paramaribo,
• It has an area 163.821 km"2 with only a population from 558,368 people.

Religion

The principal religion is Christianity, brought to Suriname by European colonizers. Nearly half of the people are Christians, mainly Roman Catholics and Moravians

Language

Dutch is the official language of Suriname, but the extent to which members of the various ethnic groups are able to use the language differs. Most of the population learns Dutch as a second language. Additional languages include Sranan and other creole languages; English; Sarnami, which originated from Hindi and Urdu; Javanese; and a number of Maroon and South American Indian languages.

Sports and recreation

• The country’s most popular sports are football (soccer), basketball, and volleyball. Although Suriname has no professional sports teams
• Fishing is a common recreational sport, particularly from August to October, when many people fish with bamboo poles in freshwater swamps and creeks. 
• Hunting is also popular. 
•  Another traditional Surinamese activity is birdkeeping.

Music

Suriname is well known for Kaseko music, and for having an Indo-Caribbean musical tradition.

Kaseko is a fusion of numerous popular and folkloric styles derived from Europe, Africa and the Americas. It is rhythmically complex, with percussion instruments including the skratji (a very large drum) and snare drums, as well as the saxophone, trumpet and occasionally the trombone. It can be sung in solo or in chorus.
Fra Fra Bigband, an orchestra from Paramaribo that blends indigenous forms of kaseko

Food

The cuisine of SURINAM is a true mix of flavors created from Caribbean dishes and ingredients along with elements brought by Dutch, Chinese, Jewish, Lebanese, West African, Spanish, French, Javanese culture.

VATAPA Is a dish of seafood that includes different types of fish along with vegetables and pepper

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MOKSIE ALESIE is a rice mixed with beef and chicken, white beans, tomatoes and peppers.

Some fun facts

• Suriname is one of the countries in the world with the most multiculturalism and the second in South America after Peru
• Suriname is the smallest country in South America
• Suriname is one of the countries with more natural parks in America
• Suriname is the only country in South America where Amazonian tribes live together with Caribbean tribes
• Suriname is the only Dutch-speaking country and the second in South America to drive on the left
• Suriname is the only country in South America that speak the Dutch language
• In Paramaribo you can find a synagogue and a mosque together, this shows tolerance and respect, something that is not seen in other countries
• In Suriname women have more life expectancy than a man since women are almost seven years older than men