Photos of Garden of Palms

20191124_Suriname_0047 Paramaribo sRGB by Dan Lundberg

The “Baba en Mai” sculpture is a monument to Hindustan immigrants—‘Where I’m doing well, there’s my homeland.’ [The Netherlands abolished slavery in 1863 with a 10-year transition period when the slaves would get minimal pay before truly being freed in 1873. To work the plantations then, indentured laborers were imported from the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia today)—especially the island of Java—and from India in an arrangement with the British.] On Google Earth: “Baba en Mai” sculpture 5°49'37.21"N, 55° 8'56.62"W
Garden of Palms (Nederlands: Palmentuin (Paramaribo)) is a tourist attraction, one of the Parks in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is located: 51 km from Lelydorp, 388 km from Laurent, 800 km from New Amsterdam. Read further
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