Holiday Ayo - Suriname joined the United Nations on December 4, 1975. Suriname, a country in the South American region, became independent from the Kingdom of the Netherlands on November 25, 1975. Surinamese residents are of Javanese or Javanese Surinamese descent.

Quoting  Inside Indonesia,  ethnic Javanese in Suriname are transmigrated by the Dutch during the colonial period. Between 1890 and 1939, it is estimated that 33,000 Javanese were transferred to Suriname by the Dutch Kingdom.

source: Intisari Online

This transfer aims to meet the plantation workforce in Suriname. However, until World War II, only about 25 percent of Javanese migrants were predicted to return to Indonesia. The rest chose to settle in Suriname.

That is why the characters in Suriname have typical Javanese names. For example, politicians Paul Slamet Somohardjo, Willy Soemita. Sri Dewi Martomamat fashion model.

Javanese descent is not more than 15 percent in Suriname. Quoting  Britannica,  South Asians or Indian descendants are the largest ethnic group in Suriname with more than 25 percent of the total population.

source: Belajar Sampai Mati

The second largest ethnic group with more than 20 percent ethnic Maroon or African descent. In 2012, this ethnicity was estimated at 21.7 percent. Ethnicity of Javanese descent who came from Indonesia, the number is only one seventh or about 13 percent.

Surinamese people generally speak Dutch. Quoting  Britannica,  because there are many ethnicities, the ability of Dutch-speaking people in Suriname cannot be considered evenly distributed.

Most of the population is known to have learned Dutch for the second time. Most residents train their children according to their mother tongue or the first language taught earlier. Suriname has a number of additional languages, such as Creole, Sranan, English, Sarnami, Javanese, Maroon.

source: Kumparan

In Suriname, the biggest religion is Christianity brought by European colonialists. In 2012, the number of Christians in Suriname was almost half the population, namely around 48 percent. In second place, the population of Suriname is Hindu, mostly people of South Asian descent.

In Suriname, the third largest religion of Islam is mostly of Javanese descent and a small group of South Asians. Less than 8 percent of Suriname's population adhere to other religions, such as Judaism and Confucianism. The other 8 percent of the population identify themselves as atheists.