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Young Amerindian girls, like Romilda and Treshna, learn early how to peel and grate cassava to make bread |
Tante (aunt) Lucia and Oma (grandmother) Serna weave a new hammock for Oma from cotton they have grown near the Amerindian village of Pierrekondre |
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Fronds from the tasi palm are woven in rows and tied to a beam skeleton to make the roof for the addition to this Amerindian home |
Serafia first attaches the Hindustani influenced hair jewelry that is part of her multi-cultural costume as she dresses for her role as Miss Suriname |
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The morning's catch from the Suriname River is laid out along Waterkant street to be sold to early morning shoppers |
A cemetery and the brick ruins of the temple of Bracha Ve Shalom are all that remain of 400-year-old Jodensavanne, the oldest Jewish agrarian society in the Americas and recently named to the list of "100 Most-Endangered Sites in the World" |
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Joseph supports himself and his family by carving wooden souvenirs to sell on the street; his tools are a box knife and a tin of shoe polish |
One of the most distinct structures in the central business district of Paramaribo is this ornate Islamic mosque |
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During plantation times, Alida was a beautiful Maroon slave girl who caught the eye of her owner. His jealous wife cut off her breast and fed it to her husband; this is the story behind the annual Miss Alida pageant held every June 30 in Paramaribo |
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These colorful boats ferry workers, even with bicycles, back and forth across the Suriname river |
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These ladies waiting to perform a Saramakkan dance wear the traditional Maroon embroidered pongi around their hips |
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Hundred-year-old mahogany trees line Domineestraat in Paramaribo |
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