Afro-Surinamese

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Surinamese people ethnic group

Afro-Surinamese are Surinamese people of African descent whose culture blends West African heritage with Dutch colonial and Caribbean influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Surinamese people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Surinamese Creole ⓘ
Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
surface form: Surinamese Maroons
countryOfCitizenship Suriname ⓘ
culturalPractice Winti rituals ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
extended family networks ⓘ
culture Afro-Surinamese culture ⓘ
diaspora Caribbean ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African ⓘ
West Africans ⓘ
surface form: West African
hasPart Creole Surinamese ⓘ
Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
surface form: Maroons in Suriname
heritage Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
history descendants of enslaved Africans brought to Suriname during Dutch colonial rule ⓘ
influencedBy Caribbean cultures ⓘ
Dutch colonial culture ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
surface form: West African cultures
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
Sranan Tongo ⓘ
majorityReligion Christianity ⓘ
partOf population of Suriname ⓘ
region Guianas ⓘ
South America ⓘ
religion Afro-American religions ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Winti ⓘ
significantSettlement Paramaribo ⓘ
Suriname interior ⓘ
Wanica District ⓘ
subgroup Aluku ⓘ
Kwinti ⓘ
Matawai ⓘ
Ndyuka ⓘ
Paramaka ⓘ
Saramaka ⓘ
traditionalCuisine herheri ⓘ
moksi alesi ⓘ
pom ⓘ
traditionalDance kaseko dance ⓘ
traditionalDress koto ⓘ
traditionalHeadwear angisa ⓘ
traditionalMusic kaseko ⓘ
winti music ⓘ
traditionalReligion Winti ⓘ
usesCreoleLanguage Sranan Tongo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Surinamese ⓘ
Afro-Arubans → relatedGroup → Afro-Surinamese ⓘ
Afro-Curacaoans → relatedGroup → Afro-Surinamese ⓘ
Afro-Vincentians → relatedGroup → Afro-Surinamese ⓘ
Afro-Bonairians → relatedTo → Afro-Surinamese ⓘ