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Couple Turns Run-Down Building Couple Turns Run-Down Buildings & Overgrown Landscape into Tropical Jamaican Paradise
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LANCES BAY, JAMAICA – MAY 12, 2010 – Karen and Coleman Hookaylo always dreamed of retiring to Jamaica and opening their own vacation resort … and now they are living that dream.
The couple has opened Le Mer luxury villas in Lances Bay, Jamaica, which sits between Montego Bay and Negril. These private villas, located just steps from the ocean, offers spacious rooms and beautiful views.
“I always knew that I wanted to retire and find a way to share my beautiful homeland with others,” said Karen, who was born and raised in Jamaica. “Then when Coleman and I, who were both attorneys in Hilton Head, South Carolina, retired three years ago – we thought ‘Why not now?”
So the Hookaylos purchased the land Le Mer now sits on and went to work turning its run-down buildings and overgrown landscaping into their vision of a tranquil vacation getaway.
The site now boasts simply-styled, Caribbean-themed villas with their own kitchens and living areas.
“To see this land transformed from where it was to where it is now has been truly exciting,” Karen said. “Now visitors can come together on the unique balcony or relax under the cabana and read in the shade. They can explore sea caves, snorkel in the clear blue water, or relax in our pool.”
“Le Mer truly is the realization of a dream and we feel so lucky to be here right now,” Karen said.
Each villa at Le Mer comes with the following accommodations – two bedrooms with king beds, two bedrooms with two queen beds, a living room, a dining room and a full kitchen.
Rates range from $280 per night to $1750 per week for the entire 4 bedroom villa.
“We know our rates are low compared to some of the other villas in Jamaica, but our location is very unique and focuses on “rest and relaxation”. We love the simplicity of it, it is not a fast paced tourist resort, just beautiful serenity by the water” says Karen.
For more information about Le Mer luxury villas in Lances Bay, Jamaica, please visit http://lemerluxuryvillas.com.
ABOUT LE MER LUXURY VILLAS
Le Mer consists of two identical luxury villas with the following amenities: wood panel ceilings; ceiling fans; individual air conditioners for each room; television with cable; two rooms with king beds; two rooms with queen beds; all rooms furnished with locally handcrafted beds, dressers and lounge chairs; full bathroom in each room; large living room/salon; dining room; fully equipped kitchen; and private balconies. - Blog post
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2010 spring new arrival 2010 spring new arrival
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New Year is fast approaching and all of us must be wondering on how we can make our forthcoming days all the more happier and blissful. Making new resolutions, planning for the New Year party, purchasing New Year gifts etc consume most of our days prior to the occasion. Here smalvolume.com summarized and added some fresh and festive items.
Oriental designs for women, men and kids
These oriental clothes were the new year's hottest items. Most of the new styles were in golden or red colors, which would bring you happy and festive atmosphere. In this section including Chinese style Tang suit, cheongsam, scarfs and so on. New year people usually will purchase new cloth to have a new mood. These oriental designed stuffs will meet all your needs.
2010 year is tiger year, and nearly everywhere you could see those lovely and festive tigers. Many new styles and chic items. Seeing these stuffs you will never worry about your new year decorations. We've selected everything ready for you. In this section including tiger hanging decoration, tiger cushions, etc. All these tiger stuffs were in high quality and with wholesale prices. You can get some to your any rooms or send them to your friends.
Chinese spring festival couplets, decors and lanterns.
These are the most classic Chinese style products in a new year. In this section including all kind of couplets, lanterns and paintings with papercuts. All of these things were rich of Chinese culture.
The last section is sweet gifts we searched in the market and uploaded them in bulk. So here you will find all the categories you are looking for as gifts. In this section including cups, toys, lights, crystal decors, towels. All these new arrival items will give you a refreshing beginning. Go to Smallvolume.com view and purchse them! We are ready here to waiting your enquiry and orders.
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Buy all electronic products fr Buy all electronic products from China
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Over the past few years, the demand of electronics manufactured in China has witnessed a significant increase. The country has turn out to be the world's major producer of consumer electronics and other high tech products than any other country. Starting from MP3 Players, Digital Cameras, Video Players to mobile phones, and other most branded name products or electronic goods that are now found in western countries are manufactured in China. In fact in last few years, Chinese wholesale electronics products have gained so enormous popularity that Chinese manufacturer, no longer content to assemble goods for the profit of western companies. They are now selling their own products at much lower prices. Besides this, factors like durability and long life of products has further attracted much attention of leading electronic giants like Motorola, Apple and many more.
Today, electronics designed in China are imported by various countries of the world. In addition to this, the Chinese wholesale electronic markets provide consumers and re-sellers a better, quick and profitable resource to build sales. As high quality Chinese electronic products are easily available at reasonable rate, a retailer can further make good income on them. Buying products in bulk from China and selling at viable prices is emerging as a new trend in world-wide consumer electronic industry to make money.
Present Scenario of Buying Electronics from China
Looking at the current scenario, the wholesale electronics of China are far more reliable than ever before. The wholesale manufacturers in China are now providing a whole new range of electronic products with trendy new features. The booming trend of going wholesale for Chinese electronics has also literally gained its pace. This concept of purchasing wholesale electronics from China has helped many consumers as well. These days, many consumers are staying away from the middleman route and looking to approach these suppliers directly. The range of wholesale products in the electronics segment is really irresistible.
Apart from all this, a close look at present situation highlights that the internet has revolutionized the traditional mode of purchasing electronic products. Any wholesale buyer can easily purchase or order products direct from China on the internet without touching the products. Purchasing electronic products through internet is the choice of many with today's busy lifestyles. It's suitable, quick, and can be done from anywhere.
Buying Chinese Electronics from Online Stores
These days there are several online stores which trade wholesale Chinese electronics directly to the resellers. However, finding good bargains online is not always easy. Here are few small steps that can prove to be very useful if you are looking for the best online wholesale electronic products:
1. Create a catalog of the common electronic product types and their regular prices.
2. Evaluate the standard retail prices you have found with the prices at wholesale shopping malls.
3. Evaluate brand names according to its relevant competitor with focus on quality
Finally make sure you verify the standing of the store and deal with an authentic online store. More often an authentic sellers use safe servers for payment transactions and so a person can have transaction easily.
Certainly, the bottom-line is China is the world's major producer of consumer electronics and sourcing Chinese wholesale electronics with the right strategy along with careful research can help you meet your customer demand or spending budget.
Smallvolume.com is a leading wholesale distributor in China, offers factory price wholesale direct from China, wholesale drop ship, MP4 players, iPod accessories, MP3 players, car DVD players, computer accessories and more accessories from China.
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Baby products-small products b Baby products-small products big profits
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Many online clothes retailers are not aware of this, but you can make a lot of money by selling baby clothes. This profitable market niche is often overlooked by clothes retailers. They usually sell only women's clothes or kids' clothing and they forget that infant clothes also enjoy huge sales and big profits. It is time to take a closer look at this niche.
Parents are aware that clothes for babies will only be worn for a short period of time before they are outgrown. For the sake of practicality, parents prefer to buy baby clothes that are affordable. That is why baby clothes at wholesale prices are so popular. You must make sure to obtain the clothes you sell as cheaply as possible to that you can make a good profit when you sell them.
One very important thing to remember is that clothes for babies must be comfortable. Babies have very delicate skin and they can easily suffer from rashes and allergies. Cotton is a very popular material for baby clothes, especially body suits and t-shirts. Sometimes the cotton can be mixed with spandex for a better fit. There are even baby clothes made of organic cotton that will not irritate a baby's delicate skin. Of course, organic baby clothes are more expensive than ordinary ones.
Wholesale baby clothes can be obtained at highly discounted prices from reliable suppliers like Smallvolume.com. It is crucial to find a good supplier of cheap baby clothes for you to be able to sell your merchandise at affordable prices. It is common knowledge that you can get cheap wholesale clothes from Asian suppliers and this will allow you to sell your products very profitably.
The online clothing business is topped in sales figures by baby clothing items now that there is economic stagnation worldwide. Baby production seems to continue unabated due to the fact that the world's population has a large percentage of young people capable of reproduction in so many years yet to come. As the young mothers give birth to their babies, the demand for baby clothes rises dramatically and this has to be met by the drop shippers now online who serve the needs of the buying public for the baby garments. The women's clothing niche is even overtaken now by the baby clothing niche - understandable because the newly born babies get priority attention from the moms.
The wholesalers in baby clothing goods are also taking advantage in the rise of the number babies worldwide so they have distributed their people to foreign countries in anticipation of huge sale in the children's wear internationally. They even have started offering their clothes in wholesale buy and sell transactions at low prices just to help in the resolution o f the current recession. They know that if they lower their wholesale prices, the retail prices at the consumers' end will also be much lower. People can then be encouraged to buy more clothes and these will lead to more profits for the online entrepreneurs.
The small clothing drop shippers are firstly benefited with the move of the wholesale firms to lower the pricing for bulk orders with higher markups and higher profits. In fact, everyone in the clothing business stands to benefit from lower wholesale pricing in baby clothes. The end users of these items tend to store plenty of the babies' clothing in anticipation of the coming of more babies.
The increase in population may not really be bad after all - especially to the entrepreneurs in baby clothing. And when the businessmen in this niche of the clothing industry make so much extra money, they tend to spend more and thus contribute in a way to ending the economic crisis. In the first place, the recession came about anyway because of the slowdown of the spending of consumers.
Smallvolume.com has been dealing in baby's clothes for years, and they would be your most faithful baby clothes wholesaler. Since that you are here, why not go to the home page to see more cheap and most profitable goods to seek business for your own. Don't hesitate to contact the customers service for help if you come across any problems or questions.
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Chinese and Janpanese Jade Dec Chinese and Janpanese Jade Decoration
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'Soft, smooth and glossy, it appeared to them like benevolence; fine, compact and strong - like intelligence' Attributed to Confucius (about 551-479 BC)
Jade has always been the material most highly prized by the Chinese, above silver and gold. From ancient times, this extremely tough translucent stone has been worked into ornaments, ceremonial weapons and ritual objects. Recent archaeological finds in many parts of China have revealed not only the antiquity of the skill of jade carving, but also the extraordinary levels of development it achieved at a very early date.
Jade was worn by kings and nobles and after death placed with them in the tomb. As a result, the material became associated with royalty and high status. It also came to be regarded as powerful in death, protecting the body from decay. In later times these magical properties were perhaps less explicitly recognised, jade being valued more for its use in exquisite ornaments and vessels, and for its links with antiquity. In the Ming and Qing periods ancient jade shapes and decorative patterns were often copied, thereby bringing the associations of the distant past to the Chinese peoples of later times.
In a nineteenth-century Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) jade, two monkeys are shown presenting a peach. This work recalls the folk legend of an impish stone monkey who came to life and brazenly stole the peaches of immortality from the ruler of heaven, the “Jade Emperor.” As the monkey explained, "Nothing could content me but to live in the Green Jade Heaven!"
For the Chinese, jade had been the physical manifestation of spiritual virtue, the embodiment of all that is most desirable, for several thousand years. Nearly three millennia before the monkeys-and-peach jade (around the period of Egypt's Middle Kingdom), songs from the ancient classic the Shi Jing ("Book of Songs," written 1000-700 BCE) had celebrated the glories and delights of jade. One poem sings of "this jewel, this jade of my delight," another soberly states "I bestow upon you a jade scepter and a jade goblet," a third hails "a gentleman / lovely as the glint of jade / lovely as the glint of jade."
What is jade and how is it used?
If a ruler perfectly observes the rites of the state, white jade will appear in the valley. -- Li Ji ("Book of Rites," compiled ca. 300 BCE)
The Chinese have been continuously creative in working jade for more than six thousand years, from the Neolithic to the present. But China is hardly the only culture to place a high value on jade.
Jade of one type or another is found in Burma, Central America, Brazil, Canada, Japan, India, Siberia, Finland, Tanzania, and elsewhere; in this country, it occurs in California as well as in northeastern and southwestern states. It is prized for its hardness, glassy luster, and rich translucent colors. Because jade is extremely hard, it might have been tried early on for tools and weapons. But jade is also brittle, and the forms that have survived appear to have been used for symbolic rather than utilitarian purposes. Jade clubs, for example, were used to represent authority among the Maori. Knives, daggers, and scepters were used in ritual or military ceremonies in China. Jade often possessed not just symbolic but belief-system significance -- as seems the case with the mysterious bi discs and cong tubes found in Neolithic Chinese grave sites (the former are discs with a hole in the center, the latter a tube that, in section, is square on the outside and round on the inside).
In ancient times, as today, jade was also used for personal adornment. Jade rings, bracelets, pendants, beads, and the like appear very early. Exceptional artistic effects can be achieved with jade -- outside of Asia, some of the most stunning work was created by Central American artists of Olmec, Toltec, and Mayan cultures. Still, no culture can rival China for the breadth, depth, richness, and variety of work in this medium.
"Jade” is really several stones -- or at least that is the usage of the Chinese word, yu, which was applied even to stones such as serpentine and aventurine that are no longer considered types of jade. The English word jade is properly applied to two distinct stones: nephrite and jadeite. Nephrite, either from local source or imported from central Asia, was almost the only jade used by the Chinese until around the time of the American revolution, when jadeite was introduced from Burma.
Although quite different in mineralogical composition, the two stones share many qualities. A milky, soft-colored stone, nephrite is a calcium and magnesium silicate with a tightly bonded, fibrous structure. It is usually white, green, or violet but can be other colors as well. Jadeite, a sodium and aluminum silicate, comes in more colors, ranging in tone from white to gray and in hue from yellow-orange to violet. But it is best known for the bright green of the highly polished form that is favored for jewelry, where it is cherished for its high luster. Jade's spectrum of colors is the result of trace elements -- such as magnesium in green jade or iron in jades with a yellowish hue -- mixed in with the snowy white of the pure mineral.
How is jade carved?
Without being worked, jade cannot be shaped into a vessel; without being educated, people cannot be shaped into virtuous citizens-- from the Trimetrical Classic, a Song dynasty (960-1279) primer on the Confucian Classics Jade cannot be carved. Because of its hardness, it can rarely be shaped by chiseling or chipping but must be worn away by abrasion with tools and hard sand pastes. This is a process that requires immense patience -- even with modern machinery equipped with diamond-tipped burrs that grind out intricate designs, it remains laborious. Yet jade appeared in Chinese culture several thousand years before metal tools existed. Neolithic jade artisans worked with bamboo, bone, and stone tools, using a drilling or bow action to abrade the jade with sand. Because the process was so labor-intensive and time-consuming, jades reflected the ability of a ruling elite to command resources, and therefore came to symbolize power, status, and prestige.
Chinese jade from ancient times to the present
The wise have likened jade to virtue-- Confucius
Neolithic jades -- such as the bi discs and cong tubes described above -- are often found in burial sites, suggesting a ritual significance. By the time of the Zhou dynasty (771-221 BCE), when the Book of Songs was written, the prescribing of jade as an aid to attaining immortality was well established. Deceased royals might be buried in a jade suit with jade plugs inserted in body openings. The use of jade in burial ritual continued into and beyond the Han Dynasty (100s BCE-100s CE, about the period of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire), when in addition to body plugs, other jade objects were interred with the deceased. Jade cicadas, for example, representing rebirth, might be placed on the deceased person's tongue.
Early dynastic jades also took the form of belt hooks, archer's rings, and guards for swords. During the earliest Chinese dynasties, the Shang and the Zhou, pendants became an increasingly popular adornment. Through the centuries, jade ornamentation had become increasingly codified, so that by the Han dynasty its use as a means of distinguishing one's social class was firmly entrenched.
Fewer jades survive from the centuries from the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 through the end of the Tang dynasty in 906 than from earlier or later dynasties. Changes in funerary practices meant that not as many pieces were included in tombs where they were protected from the ravages of time. In addition, these works had not completed the transition from ritual object to cultural artwork and were not collected as they were in later dynasties. The earliest animal figures from this time of transition show something of the ritual spirit of the Han dynasty, but they soon evolve into fanciful mythical beasts and playful representations. During these centuries signs of an emerging antiquarian spirit appear in jade imitations of early metallic or ceramic objects. This anticipates an important trend in China from the Song dynasty (960-1279) onward.
In the modern dynasties (the Ming, 1368-1644, and the Qing, 1644-1912) jadework became more self-conscious and referential. Often—as with the monkey-and-peaches sculpture—jades alluded to a work of literature or some other aspect of China’s cultural heritage. Or they might involve a sort of witticism known as a rebus. Rebuses are hidden meanings or verbal puns arising from characters that have double meanings; they usually refer to auspicious signs or wishes.
During this period, jade objects for the scholar's studio began to be produced, such as brush rests, paperweights, and seals. In keeping with the referential spirit of the modern period, such objects were sometimes made in imitation of earlier forms in other mediums, such as bronzes and lacquers.
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Amazing Chinese Art - inner pa Amazing Chinese Art - inner painting
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Inside painted bottles
The class of bottle that arouses most interest in the non-collector is that known as inside painted. No other type of bottle arouses as much curiosity or provokes such amazement. These are glass bottles which have pictures and often written characters painted on the inside surface of the glass.
The quality of the painting and calligraphy to be seen on many of these bottles challenges belief. It has to be remembered that these delightful scenes are, first of all, only an inch or two high and are painted whilst manipulating the brush through the neck of the bottle maybe only a quarter inch across, and also painted in reverse. One can imagine that the degree of training and practice required, not to mention patience, must quite difficult. Ursiula Bourne, in her treatise on snuff, suggests that artisans painted on their backs to make it easier to work through the narrow opening.
Inner painting also known as Inner drawing or Inside painted, is a Chinese artistic style first practiced starting the early 19th century. Painted using only custom brushes. To paint the inside of the bottle, the Artists has to invert his/her hand. While painting, concentration is crucial to make precise strokes. Thus, the work is so intricate and offer amazing details. It is no wonder the painting style is recognized as magnificent and collection-worthy.
It has been said that a skilled artist may complete a simple bottle in a week whilst something special may take a month or more and that the best craftsmen will produce only a few bottles in a year.
The earliest inside painted bottles are thought to have been made in the period between 1820 and 1830. As, by then, the beauty of a snuff bottle was probably more important than utilitarian considerations - and filling this kind of bottle with snuff would surely damage the painting inside - few would have been used for holding snuff. Inside painted bottles are still made today - expensively for collectors and inexpensively as souvenirs.
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Costume Dressing Code Costume Dressing Code
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The Halloween season is almost upon us again. It’s interesting as you study cultures around the world how different things are celebrated. In traditional Chinese cultures, costumes are used in many rituals, plays and dances. It’s not uncommon to see the two-man dragon dance during the open ceremony of a business or around the New Years time. Likewise, you’ll find a rich history of costumes used in various opera productions, such as the Monkey King and his Pig Lord sidekick.
Chinese costumes, can also be worn during days that signify happiness and festivity, like the Halloween. Be a Chinese princess or a Chinese girl-warrior by wearing the Chinese dresses. Boys can be Bruce Lee, the Monkey King or be an animal in the Zodiac.
The Basics
The Chinese national costume is pretty and festive used on its own. However, for those who want to celebrate in their favorite Chinese story personalities, handy things around the house can be added to the basic Chinese costume.
1. Chinese Dress - Qi Pao
Qi Pao - This Chinese Dress is elegant and festive in its own right. Qi Pao means banner dress when translated. It usually has a high neck and slits on the sides. Designs can vary to flatter the woman's good features and hide the less than perfect features. Qi Pao for young girls can also be gotten in different colors and materials. For active young girls a Qi Pao dress-pants is a good idea.
Decide what impact you want to have when you walk into the room before you look at any Halloween costumes. Do you want heads to turn or do you want to look sexy, devilish, funny or impish? Once you have chosen your outfit, think of what shoes, hairstyles, accessories and makeups you'd like to go with.
Fushion east-west of UGG boots or sneakers, docile traditional slippers or mary jane, or daring high heels or leather boots?
Bun hairdo with our hair pins or chopstick? pony-tail or bob-cut for the cutsie chinagirl visage? or dyed streaks, and sadako style?
Do not forget the lipstick! Deep red, or a lite pink is recommended to compliment our dresses for the Halloween
Don’t forget the Bling. Get some costume jewelry for your Halloween dressing up secession. Rings, necklaces, bracelets, ankle bracelets, clip on earrings and maybe even an umbrella are all good suggestions for dressing up as a China girl for Halloween.
2. Chinese pants set for boys
For boys, the traditional costume pants set is a must-have set. The top has a mandarin collar with long sleeves. Pants are loose and flowing. Some costume sets include hats with pigtails or hoods.
Dressing up
It is a good idea to gather the following from around the house before starting to mix and match.
Getting sequined Chinese slippers or kung fu shoes from a nearby department store can be a good idea. It can be worn several times if you like wearing costumes for every event (or regularly, since they are comfortable). These can also be ordered online.
Mom's silk skirts in shiny fabrics, dad's silk robes may also be looted. If your family has wigs lying around the house, keep those. It may turn out useful for completing your desired look. Beautiful fabrics, scarves, bead necklaces, even table runners can be added to your collection of materials. Craft flowers, satin ribbons can also be added to the hair.
Chinese Princess
Do this with: girl's empire cut long dress/ other long dresses in plain design, in shiny fabric and plain design can also be used as a base garment when dressing up as a Chinese princess. An empire cut spaghetti strap will also do nicely. This can be topped over by a long robe/ blouse with butterfly sleeves(These tunic blouses were in fashion 3? 4? Years ago so mom may still have one in her closet.)
Hair can be fixed in a double bun, one on each side of the head, or let some of the hair flow. Beads can also be strung through the hair. Sashes can be tied around the waist, or can be used as hang down designs for the belt.
2. Lady White Snake
Similar to the Chinese Princess, although wear a white costume. May also bring a toy snake and put a pillow by the tummy to look pregnant.
3. Chinese Girl-Warrior
Like Mulan or Yu Shu Lien/ Jen Yu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Do this with :
-Cheongsam dress-pants set
-Toy Sword or toy bows and arrows
-Kungfu shoes/ other shoes
Wear the pants set and shoes, sling over the toy weapons and youre done. Mom may also fix Warrior's hair into a neat hair style fit for battle.
4. Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee is one of my favorites to see. Strong, mysterious, and handsome, what girl wouldn’t swoon for this guy. A costume to look like him is also quite easy to recreate. The easiest version of him is to go topless with a pair of black Kung Fu pants and Kung Fu shoes (or if those are hard to get, black wrestling shoes and black sweat pants).
But some of us aren’t fortunate enough to live in a warm environment, so another option is Bruce Lee in a yellow and black sweat suit as he wore in Game of Death. Or you could go for the Kato look from his appearance in the TV show, Green Hornet
5. Monkey King
Do this with :
-Boys Traditional Black Kung Fu pants set
-Monkey mask or face crayons
-Stick
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Introducing Suriname Introducing Suriname
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Suriname, the self-proclaimed ‘beating heart of the Amazon,’ is just that: a warm, dense convergence of rivers that thumps with the lively rhythm of ethnic diversity. From Paramaribo, the country’s effervescent Dutch-colonial capital, to the fathomless jungles of the interior, smiling descendants of escaped African slaves, Dutch and British colonialists, Indian, Indonesian and Chinese indentured laborers and Amerindians offer a genuine welcome to their tiny country.
You get the best of both worlds here: a city that’s chock-full of restaurants, shopping venues and night spots and an untamed jungle utterly away from the things of man. It’s not easy to get around this river-heavy, forest-dense country and the mix of languages can make it hard to communicate, sometimes even for Dutch speakers. Don’t forget that a meeting of culinary traditions means the food here is as spicy and lush as the country itself.
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Big Day Big Day
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Ok, vandaag een drukke dag gehad. Eindelijk vrij van het werk en naar de graduation van neefje Skylor geweest. Hem zien in z'n pakje en zijn diploma in handen nemen was classic. 5 jaar geleden was hij nog een baby en
nu een big boy in mij ogen. Ook heeft hij zijn eerste trophy gekregen voor voetballen 2 weken geleden. Als oom heel erg trots op hem.En niet te vergeten, neefje Bryce die een paar dagen terug 3 jaar werd. Die pae wordt ook al groot, smart en natuurlijk een beetje "ogrie". Maar dat hoort bij een kind. In verband met zijn jaardag zijn we vanavond uit-eten geweest. Lekker ge-makan en gedronken op Bryce & Skylor's gezondheid.
Maar goed, wis warek, tot ander keerrrrrr,
Soso lobie
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Surinaamse student heeft Mexic Surinaamse student heeft Mexicaanse griep
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Een Surinaamse student die Internationale Handel studeert aan de universiteit in Guadalajara, Mexico, is besmet met het Mexicaanse griepvirus oftewel het ‘varkensgriepvirus’. VolgensDagblad Suriname was de student met zijn verloofde op Greneda toen hij plotseling onwel werd.
Hij werd erg moe, had hoge koorts en bultjes over zijn lichaam. In het ziekenhuis constateerde artsen dat hij besmet was met het virus. De jongeman kreeg hiervoor medicijnen toegediend die goed lijken aan te slaan. Zowel hij als het gezin waar hij vertoefde zijn in quarantaine geplaatst meldt de Surinaamse krant.
Het ministerie van Volksgezondheid in Suriname heeft een bericht de deur uitgedaan waarin het adviseert dat reizen naar Mexico voorlopig moet worden vermeden.
Bron: waterkant.net
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Suriname proactief tegenover v Suriname proactief tegenover varkensgriep virus
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PARAMARIBO, 29 apr – De autoriteiten willen zo proactief mogelijk staan tegenover alle eventualiteiten rond varkensgriep. Nu wordt druk overlegd over het afhandelen van reizigers uit Noord-Amerika. Die categorie heeft nu alle aandacht.
Als van een risico gesproken kan worden, dan is het vooral daar. “We zullen alle inkomende reizigers moeten screenen”, zegt Wim Bakker, topfunctionaris bij het Bureau voor Openbare Gezondheidszorg, BOG. Hoe zal worden gescreend, is nog niet duidelijk. Toch wordt het een belangrijk instrument bij het bepalen van de aanpak. Het is nu meer tasten in het duister.
Door reizigers uit het noorden in de gaten te houden, is er hoop op meer zicht. “Het screenen gaat door totdat duidelijk is dat het virus al actief is in Suriname”, zegt Bakker. Als dat ook echt gebeurt, kan er binnen hooguit twee maanden sprake zijn van een pandemie. Bakker denkt dat dan zeker ruim een vijfde van de bevolking besmet zal raken. De import van varkens en varkensvlees is al stopgezet.
Bron: waterkant.net
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Little Putri Manis 2009 Little Putri Manis 2009
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Op 25 April 2009 presenteert Trisno Budaya the Little Putri Manis 2009 evenement. Check out www.soelitrisnobudaya.com for more info. - Blog post
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I'm broke I'm broke
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It's just Feb. 6th and I am already broke! Work last month was kind of slower than usual, resulting in less hours at work. I got all but 3 bills paid off but I got no more $$$ for the other 3... What to do??
Maybe I will sell some of my stuff or maybe cancel my cable or something.. We will see what the outcome will be....
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The Radio is back! The Radio is back!
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Hello! Now you can once again listen to your favorite radiostation on Campuran. Radio Bangsa Jawa, Radio Garuda Suriname, SRP and more.
Go to the music page and select a radiostation in the box.If you own or know about a radiostation you would like to have added, feel free to contact me.
Enjoy!
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Suriname: The beating heart of Suriname: The beating heart of the Amazon
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While browsing the Internet today, I came across this cool traveling site I want to share to anyone interested in visiting Surinam. It's a traveling site with package deals to Surinam. Although it focuses to the continent of Europe, the information on this site can be valuable to everyone around the world.
It gives you a feel of what you can do while in Surinam, and there are some pictures of different places of interest to you. Ok, enough said, here's the link to the site: Suriname Holidays.
Enjoy!
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- 2 years ago
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The Javanese of Suriname The Javanese of Suriname
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A history of colonial labour and migration has produced a unique community far from Indonesian shores
Perhaps few people in Indonesia know that there is a large community of people of Indonesian descent living in the north of the continent of South America. Over 70,000 ‘Javanese’ live in Suriname, a former Dutch colony and vibrant multicultural country located north of Brazil on the Caribbean coast. Although they have been there for several generations, many of them still identify as Javanese, even though very few have ever visited the island of Java or maintain family connections there. But they speak a creolised version of the Javanese language, Javanese names crop up at all levels of society and elements of Javanese culture (such as cuisine) have influenced this Caribbean nation’s culture.
A colonial history
Why are tens of thousands of people of Javanese descent living in Suriname? It all has to do with the abolition of slavery and the importance of the plantation system in this colony. In 1863, the Dutch government freed more than 33,000 slaves in Suriname. In the aftermath of this abolition, the authorities followed other Caribbean colonies by importing indentured workers from British India to supply the plantations with cheap and submissive labour. The five-year contracts detailed the rights and the duties of the indentureds. Crucial to the contract labour system was the so-called penal sanction, which gave the employer the right to press criminal charges against indentureds who broke their labour contract.
Between 1873 and 1916 more than 34,000 British Indians came to Suriname. Soon, however, doubts arose on the source of this contract labour. The main problem was that the British Indian immigrants remained foreign nationals, and therefore a considerable proportion of the population of Suriname would soon be British. Moreover, these subjects could appeal against the decisions of the highest Dutch authority and request assistance of the British consul, which would not enhance the submissiveness of the labour force. Additional worries were the reliance on a foreign country for labour and the growing nationalist movement in India, which fiercely attacked the system of contract migration. Indeed, in India the system was abolished in 1916.
Turning to Java
Java was considered as an alternative source of labour. Initial attempts to import people from Java came to naught because the Dutch government did not permit the migration of Javanese when there existed the possibility of acquiring labour in India. Yet the movement to recruit Javanese gained strength in the 1880s due to the changing political climate in India. Another advantage was that the Dutch themselves would be in control of the recruitment and immigration process and would not have to compete with other recruiting nations, as was the case in India.
Javanese cultural traditions have proven to be strong, even though changes and adaptations in Suriname, for example in language, were inevitable
The Dutch colonial minister objected to emigration from Java as late as 1887 by arguing that the populace of Java was not inclined to migrate to far-away and unknown Suriname. After heavy lobbying from Surinamese planters and officials, the government finally decided to allow a first experiment with one hundred Javanese contract migrants in 1890. Despite doubts about the physical strength of the new labourers, Javanese migration to Suriname was now authorised. In total, almost 33,000 Javanese migrated to Suriname in the period 1890-1939. Central Java and the regions near Batavia (Jakarta), Surabaya and Semarang were the main recruitment areas. Only 20 to 25 percent of the Javanese migrants returned to their home country before World War II. The great majority of the immigrants settled permanently in Suriname.
The migrants were assigned to plantations. According to the contract, the plantation had to provide free housing for its indentured labourers. However, the quality of the housing was often substandard. The Dutch East Indian official H. van Vleuten, who visited Suriname in 1909 to investigate the living and working conditions of the Javanese, reported that the domestic life of the Javanese immigrants appeared to him as ‘rather sad’. Most of the rooms ‘gave the impression of great poverty of their inhabitants.’ The labour contract fixed the wages of men and women, yet most indentureds pointed out that they did not earn the listed wages. Van Vleuten concluded that ‘the average wage earned by contract labourers is far below the minimum.’ He argued that the earnings were much too low to make a living in a colony as expensive as Suriname.
Besides these material problems, the Javanese also had to cope with adjustment to a new life, diet, and work regime in an often hostile environment. Not surprisingly, homesickness plagued many of the migrants. The desire to return to Java served as a form of escapism. This escapism and other techniques, such as feigned illnesses, served as hidden forms of protest against the indenture system.
Cultural continuity
A family of Javanese peasants at Meerzorg plantation
KITLV Special Collections
Javanese cultural traditions have proven to be strong, even though changes and adaptations in Suriname, for example in language, were inevitable. Yet second and later generations still identify with their country of origin. The Surinamese government also actively promoted the survival of Javanese culture in the period before World War II. In the 1930s, the governor initiated an ‘Indianisation’ project to populate the colony with Javanese smallholders, who would settle in Javanese-style villages (desa) complete with their own religious and civil leadership. This program was cut short by the war.
After the war, the changed political landscape allowed for the formation of political parties in Suriname. The two Javanese parties were, like all other parties, based on ethnicity rather than ideology. There existed a strong rivalry between their leaders, Iding Soemita and Salikin Hardjo. The latter was not very successful in the first general elections in 1949 and then concentrated on encouraging a return to Java by a select group of skilled people. In 1954, one thousand Javanese sailed for Indonesia, to start an agricultural co-operative in Tongar in West Sumatra. A second exodus took place in the 1970s, when some 20,000 Javanese left for the Netherlands on the eve of Suriname’s independence in 1975.
Politically, the importance of the Javanese population group is indisputable
Politically, the importance of the Javanese population group is indisputable. The Javanese often hold the balance between the larger and more powerful Afro-Surinamese and Hindustani (former British Indians) groups. At present, Paul Slamet Somohardjo is the first-ever Javanese Speaker of the National Assembly. Their socioeconomic development was slower, but since the 1960s the Javanese have been catching up with other population groups, even though the urbanisation rate is still lower than that of other large groups. Following the demise of the plantations in the first half of the twentieth century, many Javanese found work in the bauxite industry and the agricultural sector. Only in the last decades of the last century did the Javanese presence in businesses, the professions and the civil service increase.
Demographically, the Javanese have long been the third largest population group, but the Maroons (descendants of runaway slaves) narrowly surpassed them in the most recent census of 2004. According to these figures, the Hindustani group counts 135,000 people, followed by the Afro-Surinamese (87,500), Maroons (72,600), and Javanese (71,900). The Javanese have added a unique ethnic and cultural element to the Caribbean and Latin America. Yet, this has not generated much research interest in the Javanese and their culture. Therefore it would be good to gain more knowledge about the lives, culture, and progress of the Javanese in Suriname. It is certainly worth it!
Source: Rosemarijn Hoefte ( hofte@kitlv.nl ) is head of the Department of Collections and coordinator of the Caribbean Expert Center at the KITLV Institute, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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