CNN.com schrijft op haar website vol lof over Paramaribo op oudjaarsdag.
“Paramaribo, Suriname
The capital of Suriname, a former Dutch colony in South America, is a normally sleepy town that wakes up in a big way on New Year’s Eve, according to Robert Reid, U.S. travel editor for Lonely Planet.
People gather in the city’s center to see who can create the longest ribbon of fireworks. Individual firecrackers are strung together; a chain of 100 might last 10 seconds after they’re lit, and some chains can last for minutes.
“Everybody crowds in the city’s center to hear the roar of the fireworks. Afterward, it’s a sea of red paper,” Reid said.
One thing going for Paramaribo is it’s culturally and religiously diverse, and inhabitants “famously get along,” Reid said. Many languages besides the official Dutch are spoken, as people from all over the world have come to live there.
“A big selling point is that it’s a place without tension” despite cultural differences, Reid said.”
Dat is goed nieuws voor Suriname, laten we hopen dat het meer toeristen aantrekt uit The S
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Finally something +++ about Suriname on CNN.
Feel so good
A place without tension… Behalve tussen boslandcreolen en Brazilianen/ Chinezen