Woah, I didn't realize you were from Suriname, I realize you were from South America but it seems 80% of the S. Americans here are from Venezuela, so sometimes I assume too quickly.
I'd like to know music from any and every culture, and I'd like to learn more about Suriname of course, so I'll pay more attention ;-)
Hahahaa no problem, as long as you are open minded all's well and Suriname is one country (Guyana in between) away from Venezuela by the way, so we're really neighbors 😉.
And cool, me too. I love stories and traditions apart from my own, to get to know what's bonding us, but also what's unique to every culture. That's why I'm enjoying Hive, to get to know people from all over and get to experience the world through them.
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Guyana!? I really need to spend more time with a map 😂. Our North American education doesn’t seem to want to teach us much about South America, they probably don’t want us all running away to live there as I may considered doing if things in Japan don’t work out.
I know a lot of Brazilian music. Were other South American countries influenced by Brazils art and music, or is it separate because of language?
Hahaha well the Geography classes here were/are broad, but who remembers all that stuff apart from their own? 😅 So I won't hold it against you.
Regarding that of Brazilian music, that's a very good question I don't really have an answer for at the moment. What I do know, is that at the moment we have a fairly large Brazilian community here in Suriname and they are bringing their culture with them, so who knows maybe in 10 years the influences will be apparent.
I can only speak for myself and say that I like Samba music, because I like dancing on the rhythm.
We actually know each other @selfhelp4trolls. The Suriname Hive gang is a small one, and I think I've met nearly all of them at one point or another.
Ah that’s right, I remembered after this post that you live there...i don’t know why I always think you live in Asia even though I know you don’t. When did you guys move there?
I still don’t know anything about it there other than pictures your wife and kids put up
You're not totally wrong, my family is Cambodian and I lived there for 10 years before getting stranded abroad with them about 2 years ago. When we were just about to rescue ourselves via job offer in Batumi, Georgia, COVID-19 came and killed all chances of that. We've now been here almost 2 years. I still don't know anything about this place either, only had about 30 social interactions in the 2 years we've lived here, and I think a total of 6 nearby adventures. It's a beautiful country, but we find the lack of social living to be depressing, and the cost of living versus quality of life is pretty extreme.
I still have to meet the rest of the Surinamers on Hive... 😅
I only know Jean-luc from online and Fausto the same. Diego I did know before Hive, because of our social circles.
And @justinparke I may not have experienced myself what you have, but I do know what you're talking about. If you don't have a car you could easily be "stranded" and isolated and the language barrier also comes in to play. And living expenses are indeed high when compared to the minimal wage.
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