Santigron | |
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town | |
 Rum is poured out in an ancestor ritual | |
  Santigron Location within Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°40′38″N 55°20′25″W / 5.67722°N 55.34028°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Wanica District |
| Resorts | Lelydorp |
| Population | |
• Total | ~1,000 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Santigron is a Maroon village in Lelydorp, Suriname. The village of Santigron is along the Saramacca River not far from Paramaribo. It is one of Suriname's Maroon villages, where descendants of 18th-century runaway slaves live. Unlike in Brazil or Jamaica, some 20,000 Maroons are still living in Suriname 's rainforest and retain many aspects of their traditional Afro-American culture. The village was founded by Jajasie Adoemakeë in the middle of the 19th century. Adoemakeë started working at a nearby wood plantation, and claimed to have received ownership after the plantation owner died in 1861, however the deed was lost.
The village has a mixed population of the Ndyuka, Saramaka, and Matawai tribes. In the late 19th century, the village was a stronghold of the Gaan Gadu (Great God) religion which rapidly spread to the Creole and Maroon communities.
