Javanese people of Suriname

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The Javanese people of Suriname are a diaspora community descended mainly from contract laborers brought from Java to Suriname during Dutch colonial rule, who have developed a distinct cultural identity blending Javanese, Surinamese, and broader Caribbean influences.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
broughtBy Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ
citizenship Surinamese citizenship ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfResidence Suriname ⓘ
cuisineSpeciality bami (Surinamese-Javanese style) ⓘ
nasi (fried rice, Surinamese-Javanese style) ⓘ
saoto soup ⓘ
satay ⓘ
teloh with peanut sauce (cassava dish) ⓘ
culturalInfluence Caribbean culture ⓘ
Javanese culture ⓘ
Surinamese culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Javanese dance (adapted forms) ⓘ
gamelan music (adapted forms) ⓘ
wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) ⓘ
diasporaTo French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Netherlands ⓘ
ethnicGroupStatusInSuriname one of the major ethnic groups in Suriname ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Javanese people ⓘ
firstShipArrivalYear 1890 ⓘ
heritageLanguageShift partial shift from Javanese to Dutch and Sranan Tongo among younger generations ⓘ
historicalProcess indentured labour migration ⓘ
identity distinct Surinamese-Javanese identity ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch language ⓘ
linked to: Dutch

Javanese language (Surinamese variety) ⓘ
Sarnami Hindustani (to a lesser extent) ⓘ
Sranan Tongo ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean

South America ⓘ
mainMigrationPeriod 1890–1939 ⓘ
migrationEnded around 1939 ⓘ
migrationStartDate 1890s ⓘ
originalOccupation contract plantation labourers ⓘ
partOf population of Suriname ⓘ
plantationType cocoa plantations ⓘ
coffee plantations ⓘ
rice fields ⓘ
sugar plantations ⓘ
politicalParticipation represented in Surinamese politics ⓘ
primaryAncestralRegion Java ⓘ
reasonForMigration labour demand on Surinamese plantations ⓘ
relatedGroup Indonesian Surinamese ⓘ
Javanese people in Indonesia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Javanese syncretic beliefs ⓘ
significantReligionInstitution Javanese prayer houses (langgar, surau) ⓘ
mosques ⓘ

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

Javanese → subgroup → Javanese people of Suriname ⓘ
Suriname → ethnicGroup → Javanese Surinamese ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Proto-Javanese → hasDescendant → Suriname Javanese ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Javanese people of Suriname → languageUsed → Javanese language (Surinamese variety) ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Javanese people of Suriname → relatedGroup → Indonesian Surinamese ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Surinamese Dutch → influencedBy → Javanese (Suriname) ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Moengo → hasEthnicGroup → Javanese Surinamese ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Koewarasan → hasRegionalLanguage → Javanese (Surinamese) ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname
Saramacca District → hasEthnicGroup → Javanese Surinamese ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people of Suriname