Lalla Rookh Museum

Lalla Rookh Museum
	Location within Paramaribo
Established	5 June 2016
Location	Lalla Rookhweg 54, Paramaribo, Suriname
Coordinates	5°48′54″N 55°12′24″W / 5.81513°N 55.20679°W / 5.81513; -55.20679
Website	lallarookh.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

Polygoon documentary about the arrival of the Lalla Rookh (1973)

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]

External links

Official site

References

^ "Het geheim van Mariënburg". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertelt geschiedenis Hindostanen". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ a b "Lalla Rookh Museum: immigratieverhaal 1873 tot heden". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ Shubhi Mangla. "Lalla Rookh- Marking the Indian Arrival in Suriname". Newsgram. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Sarnami Huis (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ a b "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "Lalla Rookh Museum". Lalla Rookh Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "lalla rookh museum". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "Lalla Rookh Museum vertoont: Mayday in the West". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "De invloed van Bollywood op de ontwikkeling van Hindostaanse muziek". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ "Filmavond over "Het geheim van Mariënburg"". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[herald-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.

[star-3] "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.

[enpage-6] "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.