Ovia Olo, also Ovillanhollo, is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Patamacca resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname.[2]
Ovia Olo
Ovillanhollo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Children in front of house ijn Ovia Olo (c. 1930) | |
  Ovia Olo Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°30′47″N 54°24′30″W / 5.513056°N 54.408333°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Marowijne District |
| Resort | Patamacca |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | c.300 |
Electricity for the village is provided by diesel generators.[3] The village does not have a school.[2]
In 2011,[4] the Marowijne Art Park was opened on the East-West Link near Ovia Olo.[5] The Art Park consists of works of art made by international artists, and contributions from the children of Moengo, Ovia Olo and Ricanaumofo.[6]
In 2016, Zhong Heng Tai Investment was given permission to start a 40,000 hectares palm oil plantation[1] even though the village authorities had voted against the plan in 2005. The village was initially not opposed to the plan until the scale was revealed.[7] A smaller plantation had existed near the village between 1975 and 1980, but was destroyed during the Surinamese Interior War.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Surinaamse jungle wijkt voor oliepalmplantage". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ a b Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 114.
- ^ "Dorp Ovia Olo zit al drie maanden in het donker". Dagblad De West (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Marowijne Art Park - Artists in Residence" (PDF). Mondriaan Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Ons-kent-ons-land". HP/De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Nieuwe kunstwerken voor Marowijne Kunstpark". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Patamacca palm olie bedrijf start medio december 2016". Alles in SU (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
External links
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- Ovia Olo Facebook page (in Dutch)
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