Asongo Alalaparu

Asongo Alalaparu
Ashongo Alalaparoe
Alalaparu in 2020
Granman of the Tiriyó in Suriname
In office
15 January 1997 – 18 September 2021
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJimmy Toeroemang
Personal details
Born1941-42
Surinam
Died21 November 2021 (aged 79)
Lelydorp, Suriname

Asongo Alalaparu, also Ashongo Alalaparoe[1] (1941–42 – 21 November 2021), was a Granman (paramount leader) of the indigenous Tiriyó people in Suriname.

He led the Tiriyó from 1997 to 2021 from his residence in Kwamalasamutu.[2][3] During his rule, the Tiriyó established new small villages in the interior of Suriname.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference dewest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Oud-Trio-granman Ashongo Alalaparoe (79) overleden - Alalaparoe was van grote betekenis voor de Trio-gemeenschappen". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ Mans, Jimmy (2012). Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements (phd thesis). University of Leiden. p. 129. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ De Ware Tijd, Jimmy Toeroemang (30) nieuwe granman Kwamalasamutu, Audry Wajwakana, 17 September 2021