The Strange Demographics of Suriname

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  • čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
  • This video is about the weird (but in a good way) demographics of Suriname. Suriname’s demographics sound like a Geography now April Fools joke episode. Though located in South America, a region that is predominantly Spanish and Portuguese speaking and practices Catholicism. Suriname’s official language is Dutch, their largest single ethnic group is east Indian, and 14% of the country practice Islam.
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  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +12

    Every Monday, I send out an email with new videos. This way, I can reach people even if the CZcams algorithm isn't working for my videos. If that's for you, click here and put in your email address - eepurl.com/hSeKpj

  • @berthapoeketie6058
    @berthapoeketie6058 Před 2 lety +555

    I realy love when people talk about my country suriname love from suriname🇸🇷🇸🇷

    • @rinemeerzorg606
      @rinemeerzorg606 Před 2 lety +20

      Ik ook. Kang kang Sranang man.

    • @FeeESC
      @FeeESC Před 2 lety +10

      🇸🇷❤️

    • @sisqonum1
      @sisqonum1 Před 2 lety +21

      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

    • @DutchGyal
      @DutchGyal Před 2 lety +10

      Lobi gi sranan ❤

    • @lsmls3243
      @lsmls3243 Před 2 lety +5

      Lobie ✊🏽

  • @sharonsardjoe5859
    @sharonsardjoe5859 Před 2 lety +320

    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. ❤

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +27

      No problem! Suriname is a very interesting country!

    • @Andreyenne
      @Andreyenne Před 2 lety +6

      @@GeographyGeek not Really tbh-

    • @HonestlyLOL
      @HonestlyLOL Před 2 lety +26

      @@Andreyenne you just had to be that guy

    • @Andreyenne
      @Andreyenne Před 2 lety +8

      @@HonestlyLOL because I also am From Suriname 🤦

    • @jinsakai2047
      @jinsakai2047 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Andreyenne plot twist

  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +231

    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.

    • @abhijayramman8061
      @abhijayramman8061 Před 2 lety

      @@namenl2205 i

    • @adityac3239
      @adityac3239 Před 2 lety +13

      @@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

    • @Christian92177
      @Christian92177 Před 2 lety +3

      @@adityac3239 That is correct!

    • @Christian92177
      @Christian92177 Před 2 lety +7

      🙌Thanks for putting us on the map. I appreciate your hard work!

    • @ef.5205
      @ef.5205 Před 2 lety +4

      Thank you, please correct! 🙏🏼

  • @dutchman7623
    @dutchman7623 Před 2 lety +154

    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.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +23

      Solid point! Thanks for watching as always.

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 2 lety +13

      @@GeographyGeek Thx!
      And another aspect on demographics: the population is very young, with a large majority under 25 years old.

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před 2 lety +5

      250.000 migrated towards a very small country called the Netherlands

    • @realmofthesenses
      @realmofthesenses Před 2 lety +6

      @@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.

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před 2 lety +2

      @@realmofthesenses correct , if one of the parents is "allochtoon " or migrant the next generation is of migrant origen. It used for "positive discrimination

  • @Notaweebiswear
    @Notaweebiswear Před 2 lety +91

    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

    • @ivonneseverin6772
      @ivonneseverin6772 Před 2 lety

      Dat is helemaal waar

    • @gsw977SoekarnoNederlands-Indie
      @gsw977SoekarnoNederlands-Indie Před 2 lety

      So you're basically saying that you left that country because obvious reasons.

    • @Notaweebiswear
      @Notaweebiswear Před 2 lety +6

      @@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 😅

    • @pizzadonutaremyfav8515
      @pizzadonutaremyfav8515 Před 2 lety

      @@Notaweebiswear From which country are you?

    • @Notaweebiswear
      @Notaweebiswear Před 2 lety +2

      @@pizzadonutaremyfav8515 The Netherlands

  • @mariah3986
    @mariah3986 Před 2 lety +78

    I'm from suriname and i don't see enough videos about my country so this makes my heart happy. Please make more❤🇸🇷

    • @adibhanny
      @adibhanny Před 6 měsíci

      Hi can i contact you through instagram or ws number?

  • @whitney-romanadarnoud2326
    @whitney-romanadarnoud2326 Před 2 lety +36

    This is my county! Thank you for making this video. Love this. ❤️🇸🇷

  • @Twenny7496
    @Twenny7496 Před 2 lety +13

    geweldig eindelijk om eindelijk een video te zin vn suriname

  • @anggunfirdausi1484
    @anggunfirdausi1484 Před 2 lety +41

    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!!) ❤

  • @xomaraalfarez9762
    @xomaraalfarez9762 Před 2 lety +10

    Thank you for sharing this about my country. Beautiful to hear and see it from other peoples eyes.

  • @joostprins3381
    @joostprins3381 Před 2 lety +48

    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.

  • @joythemen7185
    @joythemen7185 Před 2 lety +23

    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.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +2

      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.

  • @yad-thaddag
    @yad-thaddag Před 2 lety +151

    Suriname has one of the best cuisines in the world.

    • @gielman916
      @gielman916 Před 2 lety +1

      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.
      czcams.com/video/4MK5o9Vhiqk/video.html

    • @miss55apple
      @miss55apple Před 2 lety +4

      @@gielman916 what is your heritage if I may ask?

    • @gielman916
      @gielman916 Před 2 lety +4

      @@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.

    • @antonov_5029
      @antonov_5029 Před 2 lety +4

      😂 dat is uw mening 😉

    • @OPTSXFilosoofis
      @OPTSXFilosoofis Před 2 lety +6

      Nah it doesn't. Surinamese food is like budget AliExpress version of food of real Asian food from India or indonesia

  • @cordonligeon7868
    @cordonligeon7868 Před 2 lety +69

    You gotta love all the delicious foods Suriname has to offer! 👍

  • @miss2lovely534
    @miss2lovely534 Před 2 lety +78

    It's not weird! It is different from many other countries yes, but not weird!! Greetings from Suriname 🇸🇷

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +29

      Sorry I didn’t mean weird in a bad way. I meant it as in unique, odd, or different. Greetings, and thanks for watching!

  • @nathanontop1975
    @nathanontop1975 Před 2 lety +23

    Thanks for making this it, actually learned a lot from it 👍

  • @danidejaneiro8378
    @danidejaneiro8378 Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @gerdinahkarso4522
    @gerdinahkarso4522 Před 2 lety +12

    I'm glad to have stumbled across this video. I'm a proud Surinamese with Indonesian roots. Thank you 🙋‍♀️

    • @thanosal-titan
      @thanosal-titan Před 2 lety

      Do you have Javanese name?

    • @pritsingh9766
      @pritsingh9766 Před 2 lety

      @@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

    • @thanosal-titan
      @thanosal-titan Před 2 lety

      @@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.

    • @Binjaiunited-sl7jg
      @Binjaiunited-sl7jg Před 6 měsíci

      @@pritsingh9766 islamophobic indian detected

  • @azkiin601
    @azkiin601 Před 2 lety +11

    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.

  • @Srananbloke
    @Srananbloke Před 2 lety +74

    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 👍🏽

    • @cyprel
      @cyprel Před 2 lety +6

      So it's odd, but not weird?

    • @danidejaneiro8378
      @danidejaneiro8378 Před 2 lety

      Weird as in uncommon or unique. Kids today wanna be offended by everything jeez calm the fugg down.

    • @verolly31
      @verolly31 Před 2 lety

      Using “weird” is more of a click bait

    • @Sadlyevan
      @Sadlyevan Před rokem

      Weird means that it's not common , so this whole text is pointless

  • @pizzadonutaremyfav8515
    @pizzadonutaremyfav8515 Před 2 lety +2

    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

  • @faizamhassak1864
    @faizamhassak1864 Před 2 lety +4

    Waw!
    Thank you very much!
    This really means a lot.
    Love and greetings from Suriname 🤗🇸🇷

    • @gielman916
      @gielman916 Před 2 lety

      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 .

    • @faizamhassak1864
      @faizamhassak1864 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

    • @gielman916
      @gielman916 Před 2 lety +1

      @@faizamhassak1864 nice I like that

  • @twilightaesthetic
    @twilightaesthetic Před 2 lety +8

    as a Surinamese I can confirm that this video is 99% accurrate (the way you said sranantongo was funny AF LMAO)

  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +17

    What are some other interesting topics about Suriname you would like me to research and make a video about?

    • @HyleVoz
      @HyleVoz Před 2 lety +5

      Bauxite exports for aluminum industry during the second world war. Lookup Suralco (Alcoa company)

    • @paulspaltman2340
      @paulspaltman2340 Před 2 lety +7

      Suriname is the greenest country in the world, with rainforest covering more than 90%.

    • @DocBanner
      @DocBanner Před 2 lety +1

      The rivers

    • @Johnsonman47373
      @Johnsonman47373 Před 2 lety +3

      Why french Guiana is still under possession and not independent

    • @Mareinhofwijks_official
      @Mareinhofwijks_official Před 2 lety +6

      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.

  • @11ling
    @11ling Před 2 lety +14

    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.

    • @mickeyhernandez1195
      @mickeyhernandez1195 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I agree.. it’s not like they asked for all that diversity.

  • @cindydee37
    @cindydee37 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for making this video!!! ❤

  • @publiclyapplied394
    @publiclyapplied394 Před 2 lety +3

    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 🌎.

  • @chris210352
    @chris210352 Před 2 lety +35

    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.

    • @JitendraAcademy
      @JitendraAcademy Před 2 lety +1

      Geography 👍

    • @oddballsok
      @oddballsok Před 2 lety +8

      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...).

    • @realmofthesenses
      @realmofthesenses Před 2 lety +5

      Plantations produced luxury products for Europe: chocolate, coffee, sugar, tropical wood etc.

    • @unrelatedpopcornfire9823
      @unrelatedpopcornfire9823 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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.

    • @lemonf6859
      @lemonf6859 Před 2 lety

      This comment is completely wrong. Suriname was at the time of New Amsterdam way more profitable.

  • @jaydenilahi7074
    @jaydenilahi7074 Před 2 lety +10

    Love the fact people get to know my country more❤💪

  • @trywibowo7844
    @trywibowo7844 Před 2 lety +6

    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

  • @chevrandyw4903
    @chevrandyw4903 Před 2 lety +2

    Okay now you did your research! I love this.👏

  • @piuthemagicman
    @piuthemagicman Před 2 lety +8

    Great video, keep em coming!

  • @daan8336
    @daan8336 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @realmofthesenses
    @realmofthesenses Před 2 lety +37

    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
      @D-Lusion Před 2 lety +6

      Actually it was 5 years. I still have the contract.

    • @realmofthesenses
      @realmofthesenses Před 2 lety +7

      @@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.

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před 2 lety +5

      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.

    • @realmofthesenses
      @realmofthesenses Před 2 lety

      @@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.

    • @barta9342
      @barta9342 Před 2 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @angr1548
    @angr1548 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow so cool! Thanks for the info! Im born in Suriname (Indian roots), raised up in the Netherlands 🤩

  • @urbnctrl
    @urbnctrl Před 2 lety +6

    "The Demographic effects of European Colonialism"

  • @BennyDeSlager
    @BennyDeSlager Před 2 lety +3

    Bro i'm from suriname born in the netherlands and I knew so little about my own country...thanks for this

  • @oddballsok
    @oddballsok Před 2 lety +8

    1:02 in British Guyana ; New Amsterdam and Nassau..in Surinam; Batavia and Jews Town....and also in French Guyana; Orange...
    There is more to say about this....

    • @markdonovan1540
      @markdonovan1540 Před 2 lety

      Let's hear it. The more factual contributions the better for everyone.

  • @jackya5330
    @jackya5330 Před 2 lety +3

    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".😩😩😩

  • @randyberghout278
    @randyberghout278 Před 2 lety +4

    Nice job greetings from 🇸🇷

  • @cstar2319
    @cstar2319 Před rokem +1

    Tank you for taking the time to talk about my country ❤❤

  • @MrHaagsesjonny1
    @MrHaagsesjonny1 Před 2 lety +21

    @ 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.

    • @Windsguidance
      @Windsguidance Před 2 lety

      Beautiful

    • @miss55apple
      @miss55apple Před 2 lety +1

      yes there is in Iran and mind you India the motherships of civilization but yet the world won't admit

    • @pritsingh9766
      @pritsingh9766 Před 2 lety

      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.

  • @margrietbarsati1939
    @margrietbarsati1939 Před 2 lety +3

    Love this video about my birth country , beautiful and many tnx for sharing

  • @qensleyquincy2791
    @qensleyquincy2791 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm also from suriname. This is the first time that there's a documentary. Love my country.

  • @AnnaHeey
    @AnnaHeey Před 2 lety +4

    I love my Indian Suriname family in law :) Can't wait to visit one day with them

  • @geosophik9369
    @geosophik9369 Před 2 lety +23

    I can relate to Suriname so much since I'm a product of different languages and cultures around the globe.

    • @D-Lusion
      @D-Lusion Před 2 lety

      That means they screwed your great grandparents multiple times!! Haha😅😅

    • @raiefalroman3047
      @raiefalroman3047 Před 2 lety

      What ethnicities you havein you? 🙂

  • @Creature_NL
    @Creature_NL Před 2 lety +9

    Surinam would be completely different if there was no Bouterse. I felt ashamed when this murderer became president. And he's still walking free.

  • @adebowaleolowa4027
    @adebowaleolowa4027 Před 2 lety +8

    I would love to know more about this unique country, wonderful documentary.

  • @wai-kitlo80
    @wai-kitlo80 Před 2 lety +19

    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.

    • @toomessy
      @toomessy Před 2 lety

      Because of colonization

    • @hansiedelange515
      @hansiedelange515 Před 2 lety

      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 🇿🇦

    • @johnroach1101
      @johnroach1101 Před rokem

      South Africa is a black african country in Africa with small minorities of colonial people

  • @ornieldompig9351
    @ornieldompig9351 Před 2 lety +2

    Watching this from Suriname

  • @ShaerynNaggaryan
    @ShaerynNaggaryan Před 2 lety +8

    I am Javanese from Indonesia, I hope one day I can visit Suriname. 🇮🇩🤝🇸🇷

  • @qedqubit
    @qedqubit Před 2 lety +3

    "Suriname's demographics sound like a GeographyNow!'s April Fool's episode" !? LoL ^-^ !

  • @IzhaaqVibin
    @IzhaaqVibin Před 2 lety +4

    You guys actually realize us

  • @beegreen249
    @beegreen249 Před 2 lety +2

    I live in Suriname

  • @mmarmars
    @mmarmars Před 2 lety +4

    indonesian here. lotsa love for suriname! would love to visit someday for the food n culture

  • @Jelo255
    @Jelo255 Před 2 lety +5

    Hallo suriname ik ben van suriname wat een mooie geschiedenis van suriname en het is leerrrijk.

    • @Jelo255
      @Jelo255 Před 2 lety +1

      @Shaquille RR ik ben van suriname

    • @Jelo255
      @Jelo255 Před 2 lety

      Ik ben van commewijne

    • @garadraage449
      @garadraage449 Před 2 lety

      Mooie geschiedenis?

    • @liyannaad2451
      @liyannaad2451 Před 2 lety

      Suriname gaat nu achteruit alles word duurder ik pinaart nu 🥲

    • @gsw8459
      @gsw8459 Před 2 lety +1

      Ik ben ook van Suriname. Groetjes vanuit Commewijne.💓

  • @toomessy
    @toomessy Před 2 lety +2

    Would you be making a video on Curaçao? Especially since they were also colonized by the Netherlands and all that?

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety

      I don't have one scheduled but I probably will at some point.

    • @toomessy
      @toomessy Před 2 lety +2

      @@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.

  • @platinumbulletsniper
    @platinumbulletsniper Před 2 lety +3

    Grantangi fu a video disie!!
    (thanks for this video in Sranang)

  • @WyomingTraveler
    @WyomingTraveler Před 2 lety

    Thanks for this video. If I were teaching geography this would be an Excellent example of the theme of movement.

  • @thehebrewrapoholic
    @thehebrewrapoholic Před 2 lety +2

    I am from Suriname and i like this video...

  • @shardasewpal8016
    @shardasewpal8016 Před 2 lety +1

    Thankyou for this video

  • @jentekla2016
    @jentekla2016 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice video, very informative 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

  • @Queziahchao7
    @Queziahchao7 Před 2 lety +2

    Yay Suriname is getting more popular

  • @golemcoreable
    @golemcoreable Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the the information about my country. Mix race 🏎 every where.

  • @gielman916
    @gielman916 Před 2 lety +4

    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

  • @Lill_Red_One83
    @Lill_Red_One83 Před 2 lety +6

    My birthplace is now a well know country to visit by Americans and other

  • @oddballsok
    @oddballsok Před 2 lety +2

    3:50 scary hands of the old woman..

  • @omondi_wa_butere
    @omondi_wa_butere Před 2 měsíci

    watching from Kenya

  • @princeenki7949
    @princeenki7949 Před 2 lety +1

    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

  • @Misanto_Poeketi4130
    @Misanto_Poeketi4130 Před 2 lety +1

    I also like how poeple talk about suriname the country where i live😀

  • @ItsMadRiv
    @ItsMadRiv Před 2 lety +3

    Love from Suriname 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷❤️

  • @kamaicfraser858
    @kamaicfraser858 Před 2 lety +2

    visited there earlier this year.
    beautiful country.
    cheap food. cheap hotels.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety +1

      Oh nice! I have read it’s an underestimated tourist destination.

  • @ianatmidnight
    @ianatmidnight Před 2 lety +1

    From Sranang and Proud✊

  • @Joellsr
    @Joellsr Před 2 lety +3

    From Suriname!!🇸🇷

  • @renaldohendricks1670
    @renaldohendricks1670 Před rokem

    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.

  • @ihymns
    @ihymns Před 8 měsíci

    One thing you might add: Suriname was the first proposed future state of Israel! It's first capital was Torarica, named after the Torah.

  • @romeostienstra946
    @romeostienstra946 Před 2 lety +5

    Nice video, but the borders are not correct!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před 2 lety

      Thank you, I noted the mistake in the pinned comment.

  • @marvinmejia7325
    @marvinmejia7325 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @danielgessel9185
    @danielgessel9185 Před 2 lety +1

    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

  • @AyoJayPlayz
    @AyoJayPlayz Před 2 lety +2

    Getting Ready for the Premiere!!! 😮😮😀😀😀

  • @CocoNutz_IV
    @CocoNutz_IV Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @royenn5522
    @royenn5522 Před 2 lety +1

    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

  • @fariqishak8407
    @fariqishak8407 Před 2 lety +2

    Grandpa had first car there i only impress him

  • @rekok2011
    @rekok2011 Před 2 lety

    Interessant!

  • @verolly31
    @verolly31 Před 2 lety

    Can you make a video about Mauritius? Its also very weird!

  • @Gianni954
    @Gianni954 Před 2 lety +1

    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‼️‼️

  • @juanmonster6232
    @juanmonster6232 Před měsícem

    Wode Maya has me on a Suriname journey

  • @cazek445
    @cazek445 Před 2 lety +1

    my father was born in suriname, both dutch parents though

  • @larealit.indonesia
    @larealit.indonesia Před 2 lety +2

    Mugo keturunan Jawa-Suriname iso boso Jowo. Wong Jowo ojo nganti ilang Jawane. Love from Javanese Indonesia

  • @rudrarampersad1263
    @rudrarampersad1263 Před 2 lety

    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 💖 ♥

  • @reduanrianni8177
    @reduanrianni8177 Před 2 lety +4

    Mooie land ik moet er nog eens op vakantie gaan.

  • @frikandelkroket9335
    @frikandelkroket9335 Před 2 lety +6

    🇸🇷❤️hakka Chinese!

  • @mamtasingh82
    @mamtasingh82 Před 2 lety

    My heart cry to see slavery…how can one human be so rude to other…

  • @Telluwide
    @Telluwide Před 2 lety +1

    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....

  • @PJisoke13
    @PJisoke13 Před 2 lety

    For everyone visiting the Netherlands, seek out a Suranamese sandwich shop. The are really good and very unique. the "POM" Sandwiches are my favorite

    • @sergepaulis2636
      @sergepaulis2636 Před 2 lety

      For me is broodje kerrie kip of broodje kouseband in de amsterdamse poort of venserpolder

  • @anandbadal5359
    @anandbadal5359 Před 2 lety +2

    I love my country what ever happens

  • @rosanijbroek3656
    @rosanijbroek3656 Před 2 lety +3

    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!!!!!!

  • @Glor137
    @Glor137 Před 2 lety +14

    Different type of black people in suriname
    creolen
    Saramakaners
    aukaners

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 Před 2 lety +3

      Kwintis
      Matawai
      Paramacaners

    • @pushin_p5871
      @pushin_p5871 Před 2 lety +4

      En de DOGLAS😉👌🏽

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 Před 2 lety +4

      @@pushin_p5871 eingelijk niet helemaal black

    • @pushin_p5871
      @pushin_p5871 Před 2 lety +5

      @@apeman9238 wel, voor Witte mensen zijn doglas toch zwart😌👌🏽

    • @hinickgurr1625
      @hinickgurr1625 Před 2 lety

      There the same🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @ShowemRight
    @ShowemRight Před 2 měsíci

    I want to live with Xhosa Tribe in South Africa Eastern Cape.