Paramaka people

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The Paramaka people are a Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Paramaccan people 3
Paramacca people 1
Paramaka people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Surinamese people ⓘ
Maroon people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry descendants of escaped African slaves ⓘ
colonialHistory originated in former Dutch Guiana ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
culture Afro-Surinamese culture ⓘ
Maroon culture ⓘ
diaspora present in urban areas of French Guiana ⓘ
present in urban areas of Suriname ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African ⓘ
ethnicRelation related to Aluku people ⓘ
related to Kwinti people ⓘ
related to Matawai people ⓘ
related to Ndyuka people ⓘ
related to Saramaka people ⓘ
heritageStatus Afro-descendant community ⓘ
historicalProcess formed through marronage ⓘ
language Paramaccan language ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole ⓘ
Maroon creole ⓘ
legalStatus recognized Maroon group in Suriname ⓘ
locatedIn border area between Suriname and French Guiana ⓘ
interior of Suriname ⓘ
music call-and-response singing ⓘ
drum-based music ⓘ
nameVariant Paramacca people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people

Paramaccan people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people
region French Guiana ⓘ
Marowijne River region ⓘ
religion Afro-American folk religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
ritual funerary rites ⓘ
spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal clans ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalArt calabash carving ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalLeadership granman (paramount chief) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Ndyuka people → relatedGroup → Paramaka people ⓘ
Paramaccan language → spokenBy → Paramaccan people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people
Paramaccan language → ethnicGroup → Paramaccan people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people
Paramaka people → nameVariant → Paramacca people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people
Paramaka people → nameVariant → Paramaccan people ⓘ
linked to: Paramaka people