Pagara's

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Pagara's are large firecracker strings we now from the PGI superstring.
In Suriname the people celebrate new years by lighten these things.
Largest ones that are available for purchase are up to 200 meters:cool:
It is common for many store owners to light one of after closing time at new years eve.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2uyC2Ssej0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka8Q1e5wBcY

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After two years, I was not able to attract a fireworks enthusiast from Suriname so thanks for at least starting this area of the forums. I guess we should start with a little something about Suriname.
http://d2z7bzwflv7old.cloudfront.net/cdn/bWFwcy9lbi9ucy9ucy1hcmVhLmdpZg%3D%3D/bWF4Vz00MDA%3D_x_htp.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K8pgdykfAX8/ThtWZD06ObI/AAAAAAAABB4/XbQP384WzJw/s400/Suriname+2%252C+Map+of.jpg
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New Years Eve Fireworks in Paramaribo, Suriname

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggSvaeIPIpY
Suriname (or Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname, Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrepyˈblik ˌsyriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, making it one of two countries, French Guiana the other, not to border any of the Spanish-speaking countries on the continent. Suriname was colonised by the English and the Dutch in the 17th century.

In 1667 it was captured by the Dutch, who governed Suriname as Dutch Guiana until 1954. At that time it was designated as one of the constituent countries (Dutch: landen) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, next to the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010). On 25 November 1975, the country of Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands to become independent. A member of CARICOM, it is frequently considered a Caribbean country and has had frequent trade and cultural exchange with the Caribbean nations.

At just under 165,000 km2 (64,000 sq mi), Suriname is the smallest sovereign state in South America. (French Guiana, while less extensive and populous, is an overseas department of France.) Suriname has a population of approximately 560,000,[1] most of whom live on the country's north coast, where the capital Paramaribo is located. The official language is Dutch. It is the only independent entity in the Americas where Dutch is spoken.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ur-0jYrMeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZPC_Kpx9ko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cHbi_DTPyY