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THEATRE
IN SURINAME WE HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF THEATRE. THERE STILL IS
THE AGE – OLD THEATRE FORM FROM ANCIENT INDIA, OR THE
TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCES FROM THE RICE FIELDS OF JAVA,
INDONESIE, WHICH CAN LAST A WHOLE DAY.
WE ALSO HAVE MODERN DAY THEATRICAL ADAPTIONS OF ORAL HISTORY,
WHICH IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE BUSH NEGRO CULTURE. WE ALSO DO
HAVE THEATRE WITH A HIGHBROW PARODY OF THE BUREAUCRACY IN THE
GOVERNMENT FOR THE MORE INTELLECTUAL AUDIENCE OR JUST THE
POPULAR COMEDY OF THE LAUGH – OR – I’LL – SHOOT FORM.
BESIDES THESE THEATRE FORMS, LIFE ITSELF IN SURINAME IS THEATRE
IN A WAY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE CUSTOMS, RITES AND TRADITIONAL
WAYS, WHICH EVERY ETNIC GROUP IN SURINAME HAS FROM ITS
ANCESTORS.
UNIQUE IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE THE JAVANESE DANCES WITH THE WOODEN
HORSES - THE ‘DYARAN KEPAN’ - AS WELL AS THE INDONESIAN MARTIAL
ARTS PERFORMANCES, ‘PENCAK SILAT’. IN THIS SAME RANGE, THE AFRO
– SURINAMESE COMMUNITY ALLOWS VISITORS AT THEIR ‘WINTI PREYS’,
WHERE BELIEVERS CAN CALL UPON THEIR INDIVIDUAL SPIRITS AS WELL
AS THE SPIRITS OF THEIR ANCESTORS TO BRING THEM GOOD HEALTH,
PROSPERITY OR JUST CLARITY IN THEIR LIVES.
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