Paramaribo District
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Suriname: Personal History
For Paramaribo SPAN, Chris Cozier visits Dhiradj Ramsamoedj’s home to view the artist's Adji (which means ‘maternal grandmother') Gilas cups and notes: “This is a very personal navigation of his experience — his own memory and...
Barbados: Getting to Know Cozier
Recent Articles also in Americas Recent Links also in Americas Generation Y blogs about the arrest of Cuban hip-hopper, Aldo. Paramaribo SPAN pays a visit to artist Pierre Bong A Jan, whose work “sets up a creative dialogue...
Suriname - The last Eden
News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT Although many remote locales are relatively untouched -- Patagonia, for instance, or Botswana's Okavango Delta -- the jungles of Suriname have a strong claim to the...
Suriname: R.I.P. Henk Tjon
Celebrated Surinamese playwright and theatre director Henk Tjon died in Paramaribo on 18 September, 2009. The Bahamas-based Ringplay Productions blog remembers “his passion and his eloquence on the subject of the role of the...
UFO sightings in Suriname prompt creation of hotline
A rash of recent UFO sightings that have caused concern amongst residents of Suriname, South America, has prompted the creation of that nation's first 24-hour UFO hot-line in Paramaribo, the country's capital city. The hot-line...
Suriname: On “Someni Tongo”
“I think art is exactly and only about this: the need to create and express what is uniquely inside you, and to do so because you have no choice”: Chandra van Binnendijk, guest blogging at Paramaribo SPAN, shares her...
Caribbean-Latin America market poised for growth
The Caribbean-Latin America market is tiny but its potential is starting to attract some big name carriers Gol recently launching low frequency seasonal charters to three Caribbean islands may seem like a relatively minor...
Worldwide people celebrate World Indigenous Day together
A Surinamese shaman pours herbal water to bless a boy during the Tamusji ceremony performed at sunrise on Independence Square in Paramaribo, to celebrate the U.N.'s International Day of the World's Indigenous People, August 9,...
Suriname: Messenger of Art
interviews visual artist Roberto Tjon A Meeuw. Recent Articles also in Americas Recent Links also in Americas “He is going to get more ammo, to spread the word that a lot of good stuff is happening here in Suriname”: Paramaribo...
Beyond Paramaribo's bustle, Suriname is enveloped by jungle
I step out of my guesthouse the first bright and humid morning in Paramaribo, still holding Suriname as a fantasy formed by alluring snapshots and brief descriptions, like an Internet date I am meeting for the first time.
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