“The second-largest celebration in Suriname is actually Holi after New Year’s. The entire country comes together to celebrate the festival of colours, not just Indians. On the day, you usually head over to an Indian family or friend’s house, feast, sprinkle each other with colours then make your way to festivals,” Barker said of the largest ethnic group in the country. This is punctuated with an excited mention of the 2002 Hindi movie ‘Devdas’ that Barker shares everyone is a fan of. “Bollywood is big in Suriname,” he added.
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