The music of the former NetherlandsAntilles is a mixture of native, African and European elements, and is closely connected with trends from neighboring
The KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Dutch: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, lit. 'Royal
pertained directly to Suriname or the NetherlandsAntilles. Delegates of Suriname and the NetherlandsAntilles could participate in sessions of the First
participated on a basis of equality with the NetherlandsAntilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country became fully independent