Ovia Olo

Ovia Olo Ovillanhollo
Village
Children in front of house ijn Ovia Olo (c. 1930)
Ovia Olo Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5.513056°N 54.408333°W / 5.513056; -54.408333
Country	Suriname
District	Marowijne District
Resort	Patamacca
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	c.300

Ovia Olo, also Ovillanhollo, is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Patamacca resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname.[2]

Electricity for the village is provided by diesel generators.[3] The village does not have a school.[2]

In 2011,[4] the Marowijne Art Park was opened on the East-West Link near Ovia Olo.[5] The Art Park consists of works of art made by international artists, and contributions from the children of Moengo, Ovia Olo and Ricanaumofo.[6]

In 2016, Zhong Heng Tai Investment was given permission to start a 40,000 hectares palm oil plantation[1] even though the village authorities had voted against the plan in 2005. The village was initially not opposed to the plan until the scale was revealed.[7] A smaller plantation had existed near the village between 1975 and 1980, but was destroyed during the Surinamese Interior War.[1]

References

1. "Surinaamse jungle wijkt voor oliepalmplantage". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
2. Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 114.
3. "Dorp Ovia Olo zit al drie maanden in het donker". Dagblad De West (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
4. "Marowijne Art Park - Artists in Residence" (PDF). Mondriaan Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
5. "Ons-kent-ons-land". HP/De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
6. "Nieuwe kunstwerken voor Marowijne Kunstpark". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
7. "Patamacca palm olie bedrijf start medio december 2016". Alles in SU (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.

External links

• Ovia Olo Facebook page (in Dutch)