Video with images of Jodensavanne a savannah area in the past inhabited by Jewish settlers who fled from religious persecution in Europe. Many of these settlers were landowners. On a hill near the Suriname river is a synagogue which reminds of the former presence of these Jewish settlers. Nearby is a cemetary with marble gravestones inscribed with Jewish symbols and Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch texts. Apart from the Jewish cemetary is a graveyard for people of African and mixed origins. Each grave has a wooden statue which reminds of the deceased person. Some graves have the symbol of a sankofa heart. It is an expression of ancestral traditions from Africa.

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