Lalla Rookh Museum
Lalla Rookh Museum is located in Paramaribo
Lalla Rookh Museum
Location within Paramaribo
Established5 June 2016
LocationLalla Rookhweg 54, Paramaribo, Suriname
Coordinates5°48′54″N 55°12′24″W / 5.81513°N 55.20679°W / 5.81513; -55.20679
Websitelallarookh.org

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]

History

The 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

Before 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

The 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

References

  1. ↑ "Het geheim van Mariënburg". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertelt geschiedenis Hindostanen". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Lalla Rookh Museum: immigratieverhaal 1873 tot heden". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Shubhi Mangla. "Lalla Rookh- Marking the Indian Arrival in Suriname". Newsgram. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Sarnami Huis (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "lalla rookh museum". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertoont: Mayday in the West". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "De invloed van Bollywood op de ontwikkeling van Hindostaanse muziek". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Filmavond over "Het geheim van Mariënburg"". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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