Lalla Rookh Museum is a museum about the Indo-Surinamese history and culture. It is located in the Lalla Rookh Complex in Paramaribo, Suriname.[1]
  Location within Paramaribo | |
| Established | 5 June 2016 |
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| Location | Lalla Rookhweg 54, Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Coordinates | 5°48′54″N 55°12′24″W / 5.81513°N 55.20679°W |
| Website | lallarookh.org |
History
editThe museum was opened on 5 June 2016 by vice-president Ashwin Adhin[2] at the 143rd anniversary of the first indentured labourers arriving in Suriname.[3] The museum has been named after Lalla Rookh, the ship used to transport the workers from British India to Suriname.[4]
Collection
editBefore the opening, the Indo-Suriname community was asked to provide cultural and historical significant items like photos, articles, tools, clothing for the museum.[5] The museum contains a burqi wagon (a donkey cart),[6] and a replica of a pina hut, a hut made out of Açaí palm leaves.[7] The collection is presented as a time line starting with the recruitment, states of origin (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar), arrival, transition to small scale agriculture up to the present.[3]
Activities
editThe museum organises monthly activities related to the Indo-Suriname community.[8] Past themes included Suriname in World War II.,[9] the effect of Bollywood on Hindu music,[10] and the strike at Mariënburg.[11]
There is a special school program for children in the 5th and 6th grade.[6]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Het geheim van Mariënburg". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertelt geschiedenis Hindostanen". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Lalla Rookh Museum: immigratieverhaal 1873 tot heden". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Shubhi Mangla. "Lalla Rookh- Marking the Indian Arrival in Suriname". Newsgram. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Sarnami Huis (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "lalla rookh museum". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertoont: Mayday in the West". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "De invloed van Bollywood op de ontwikkeling van Hindostaanse muziek". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Filmavond over "Het geheim van Mariënburg"". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.