The coloured stars represent the major ethnic groups that comprise the Surinamese population: the original Amerindians, the colonising Europeans, the Africans brought in as slaves to work in plantations and the Indians, Javanese and Chinese who came as indentured workers to replace the Africans who escaped slavery and settled in the hinterland.
Stjärnorna representerade de större etniska grupper som utgjorde Surinams befolkning: ursprungsbefolkningen, den koloniserande européerna, de afrikanska slavarna och hinduer, japaner och kineser som hämtades som billig arbetskraft efter slaveriets.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix