Culture of Suriname

Kaseko emerged from the traditional Afro-Surinamese kawina music, which was played since the beginning of 1900 by street musicians in Paramaribo. It evolved in the 1930s during festivities that used large bands, especially brass bands, and was called Bigi Poku (big drum music). In the late 1940s, jazz, calypso and other importations became popular, while rock and roll soon left its own influence in the form of electrified instruments.^{[citation needed]}

The biennial music festival SuriPop is the country's largest music event.^[1]

Cuisine

Surinamese cuisine is extensive, since the population of Suriname came from many countries. Surinamese cuisine is a combination of many international cuisines including

• Surinamese literature

References

Literature

• Bakker, Eveline, et al., eds. Geschiedenis van Suriname: Van stam tot staat, 2nd ed., 1998.
• Binnendijk, Chandra van, and Paul Faber, eds. Sranan: Cultuur in Suriname, 1992.
• Bruijning, C. F. A., and J. Voorhoeve, eds. Encyclopedie van Suriname, 1978.
• Buddingh', Hans. Geschiedenis van Suriname, 2nd ed., 1995.
• Colchester, Marcus. Forest Politics in Suriname, 1995.
• Dew, Edward M. The Difficult Flowering of Surinam: Ethnicity and Politics in a Plural Society, 1978.
• Economist Intelligence Unit. Country Profile Suriname 1998–99, 1999.
• Hoefte, Rosemarijn. Suriname, 1990.
• Lier, R. A. J. van. Frontier Society: A Social Analysis of the History of Surinam, 1971.
• Meel, Peter. "Towards a Typology of Suriname Nationalism." New West Indian Guide 72 (3/4): 257–281, 1998.
• Oostindie, Gert. Het paradijs overzee: De 'Nederlandse' Caraiben en Nederland, 1997.
• Plotkin, Mark. J. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest, 1993.
• Price, Richard. First-Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People, 1983.
• Sedoc-Dahlberg, Betty, ed. The Dutch Caribbean: Prospects for Democracy, 1990.
• Szulc-Krzyzanowski, Michel, and Michiel van Kempen. Deep-Rooted Words: Ten Storytellers and Writers from Surinam (South America), 1992.

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