Alfonsdorp
The founders of Alfonsdorp are Alfons Karwafodi and Rosalina Jubitana. Both already deceased. Grandpa Alfons would now have been 124 years old. In the year 1951 he came to live with his children from Wanekreek and the Moi Wanna creek along the Luitenant Weyneweg. He subsequently founded Alfonsdorp. Alfons Karwafodi was a healer and his wife was a midwife. Together they knew many ways to heal people in the traditional way known to us Indigenous people.
The Bank Notes
Alfonsdorp Community Forum
Welcome to the community for Alfonsdorp!
Please be respectful to one another and enjoy the discourse.
When you leave a comment you will receive an email with a confirmation link, after clicking the link your comment will be placed.
No comments submitted yet, be the first!
Other villages in Suriname
Pierrekondre
The founder of Sjimiri Unde is Adankuna, he was a healer and in the Kalinya language he is called a piai. His ancestry was Kalinya, one of the original Indigenous population groups in Suriname. He...
View project » BigiSton
Temérin, or Bigiston, has been the cradle of our ceramics. The best clay was found here. There was a clay site where no one was allowed to enter, only the potters from the entire area had...
View project »