With the holidays at the front door, I would like to bring some Surinamese Christmas spirit into the Hive community. As mentioned in my previous post about reminiscing the December vibes, Suriname usually has a lot of activities and traditions this month. One of those is having concerts and/or being in church.
A famous song that you will hear at concerts, on the radio, on the tv, at church and Christmas diners is Gloria Fu Kresneti. This song is in our lingua franca Sranang Tongo and it's about unity, peace and the goodness that will fall upon us, if we all live in the Christmas spirit. I have done my best to find information about the song online, but as per usual a lot of Surinamese information has yet to be digitalized. So haven't found the original songwriter.
I couldn't even find the text of this song online, so I had to listen to the song and type it all out and then tried to translate it into English to my best capabilities. When you'll hear the song, the melody might sound familiar. I wouldn't know if the Surinamese artists composed it from another well known Christmas song. If you have any information, feedback is welcome.
Let's sing along together and lift up the spirit during these holidays, especially for those who are in lockdown and have to be without loved ones or families. Christmas is all about hope, peace and love. This song embodies that best by formulating how we are all connected, we're all brothers and sisters of each other. Doesn't matter what creed, color or from where you or your ancestors have come, we're all Children of Suriname and we should live in peace with each other by living in the Christmas spirit.
Kresneti teng na ini Sranang
wan bleiti teng gi wi
So so bung sa kong gi wi Sranang
ef wi ala sa waka in a glory fu Kresneti
🎇🎇🎇
Unu no wani feti,
unu no wani strey
Vrede wan moes de
gi ala s’ma in heri Sranang
Kresneti de gi ibri wan
🎇🎇🎇
Wi ala na brada, ala na sisa
piking fu Srananag
Halleluyah (3x)
Piking fu Sranang
🎇🎇🎇
Wi ala na brada, ala na sisa
piking fu Srananag
Halleluyah (3x)
Piking fu Sranang
It’s Christmas time in Suriname
a happy time for us
Only fortune will come to us in Suriname
if we live in the glory of Christmas
🎇🎇🎇
We don’t want to fight
we don’t want to quarrel
There should only be peace
for everyone in Suriname
Christmas is for everyone
🎇🎇🎇
We’re all brothers, we’re all sisters
children of Suriname
Halleluyah (3x)
children of Suriname
🎇🎇🎇
We’re all brothers, we’re all sisters
children of Suriname
Halleluyah (3x)
children of Suriname
