Amerindian Festival

It was a national holiday in Suriname, to celebrate the Amerindian culture. All the stores were closed, so we could not go shopping. We did find, in the Palm Garden a a festival. It is sort of like the festivals at home where there are booths to buy food and crafts only, the food booths all had the same food and the craft booths all had the same crafts. It was fun to wander around and see the people and look at the crafts. We met one of our seminary teachers, Sister Parabirsing. She is the lady in the blue blouse. I bought some jewelry from her and a wonderful wrap-around skirt from her friend who is next to her.