The 30th anniversary of Sranan Dei was a great success. The weekend of the 30th Sranan Dei was heralded on Friday evening with a party of the Tolud twins, who had their birthday. The sisters celebrated their bigi jari to the tunes of the New York/Surinamese band Fiesta Sound. As a surprise, the party was closed by Naks Kaseko Loco, all the way from Suriname, who played the last tunes as a warm-up for the big party on Saturday evening.
Left: This sweet lady came up to me and said: “I would like to congratulate you on the success of kroeshaar.com”.
It is a nice site and I visit it often. Right: Rosie King, organizer of Wi Sani.
Rivox from fawakka.net. If you want to know what's going on in New York, you should visit his site. Right: Traditional Indian.
I knew the weekend would be a success when I heard people speaking Dutch on the train in Brooklyn. They were two friends, one from Miami and the other all the way from the Netherlands. Together they had come to New York to celebrate Sranan Dei. The party was a resounding success. Until the early hours people were dancing kaseko, bigi pokoe and ingi pokoe. The heat didn't stop anyone from enjoying the music and shaking it all loose.
As if nothing had happened, the people showed up the next day at the Sranan Dei. In full regalia, the Surinamese people showed up looking their best. You met Surinamese people from all the states of America and not one was disappointed in the Sranan Dei. On the contrary. They will come back next year. The organization can look back on more than a successful day. A super successful weekend.
Literally everyone was dancing along…