Definition of "Ontgroening"
So I have no way of really describing literally what "Ontgroening" means, I hope that the other dutch people from Holland might help me with that since the tradition came from them. I did google translate and they gave me "hazing" but that's a bit harsh to call it that.
How Does This Really Work ?
This tradition is in most high schools here but mine started it (since it's the oldest high school in Suriname). Okay what happens here is that all the new people that came to the school have to face this "Ontgroening" and it's basicly like a kind of recruit thing so to say. We (the older students) are not allowed to talk to the "maggots". They have to dress in a curtain way which is very hilarious and dirty. And each year they are given a new name. There are 44 leaders, 3 "bad boys" leaders (for the maggots that don't obey), 3 Protectors and 5 head leaders (they organize this whole event).
What's the point of this ?
High School in Suriname is pretty difficult, the classes the people in the states and holland are getting for example in the last year of high school, we get in the first !! That's why whenever someone from the states or holland comes to Suriname, they are demoted two or one classes back (it depands).
The point of this is leadership, co-operation, tolerance and preventing bullying happening like it does in the states (no Offence guys).
The Rules
1. No touching
2. The "maggots" are not allowed to go in the lunchroom, library, computer room and sit on any of our benches.
The Schedule
11 Oct
Acquaintance from 4.30 PM - 6.30 PM
So here is where we got them fooled the most, they were thinking like we all would shake hands or someting lol, ohhh how they were wrong.
This is all the media I had from today lol. I couldn't really make enough photo's since I was giving everyone orders and yelling at them like crazy.
12 Oct
6.30 AM - 7.00 AM - Morning Workout
07.00 AM - 11.30 PM - Normal school with short classes
04.30 PM - 06.30 PM - Ontgroening Activities and Sex Talk
13 Oct
6.30 AM - 7.00 AM - Morning Workout
07.00 AM - 1.00 PM - Normal school
04.30 PM - 06.30 PM - Cleaning the school and YAM
14 Oct
11.15 AM - 13.15 PM - Cooking
13.15 PM- 13.45 PM - Eating
14.00 PM- 15.00 - Break
15.00 PM- 15.40 - Practising for the talent-expo
15.45 PM- 18.00 - Talent-Expo/ Jam Session
15 Oct
08.00 AM- 09.00 AM - Writing of the Signatures
09.00 AM - 09.50 AM - Basic Training (drilled by the SWAT team)
09.50 AM - 10.10 AM- Payback
10.10 AM - 11.15 AM - The Babtize
09.00 PM - 02.00 AM - Party
I will try and update this thread every day with media, but it's kind of hard for me taking pictures and stuff when I have a lot of work to do, hence the only 4 photos of today.
Here are some photos of last year :
If you have questions just ask
