{{Short description|Village and island in the Tapanahony Resort of Suriname}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Drietabbetje |other_name = Dritabiki |native_name = Diitabiki |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = Diitabiki - maart 2020 - 2.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Overview of Diitabiki in March 2020 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Suriname |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Suriname |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Sipaliwini District |subdivision_type2 = Resort |subdivision_name2 = Tapanahony |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone =AST |utc_offset = -3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|4|6|50|N|54|40|34|W|region:SR|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} thumb|300px|The people of Drietabbetje welcome some visitors in 1969. '''Drietabbetje''' (or '''Diitabiki'''; Sranan Tongo: ''Dritabiki'', Dutch: ''Drietabbetje'') is a Ndyuka village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Diitabiki is the residence of the gaanman of the Ndyuka people, since 1950, and the location of the oracle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kemp009gesc02_01/kemp009gesc02_01_0015.php|title=Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 2|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|access-date=21 May 2020|date=2002|language=nl}}</ref>
== Name == Both the Ndyuka and Sranan Tongo name for the village translates to "three islands," with the word ''tabiki'' meaning "island" in both languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://taalschrift.org/editie/81/zonder-het-nederlands-waren-we-pas-echt-ge-soleerd|title=Zonder het Nederlands waren we pas echt geïsoleerd|language=nl|website=Taalschrift|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> While ''drie'' indeed also translates as "three" in the Dutch language, the word ''tabbetje'' is a homophonic translation of the Ndyuka word.
==History== The Ndyuka people are of African descent, and were shipped as slaves to Suriname in the 17-18th century to work on Dutch-owned colonial plantations. The escaped slaves moved into the rainforest, and banded together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/anthropology/online-collections-research/ndyuka|title=Suriname and the Maroons|website=Milwaukee Public Museum|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> There were frequent clashes between the colonists and the Ndyuka, however in 1760, a peace treaty was signed granting the Ndyuka autonomy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/ndyuka-treaty-1760-conversation-granman-gazon|title=The Ndyuka Treaty Of 1760: A Conversation with Granman Gazon|website=Cultural Survival|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> From 1761 onwards, the Ndyuka gradually moved southwards in order to protected themselves from the colonists, and started to build villages on the Tapanahoni River dispelling the indigenous Tiriyó. Diitabiki is one of the villages. Slaves who had recently fled from Armina and Boven Commewijne were stationed near the confluence of the Tapanahoni and Lawa River to guard against attacks by the Aluku.<ref name="encycl">{{Cite web|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 154 - Boschnegers|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf|date=1916|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
== Education == Since the 1960s, Diitabiki is home to the Granman Akontoe Velantie primary school, which as of 2015 has 333 pupils.<ref name="Starnews">{{cite news |last=Alendy |first=Cythia |date=14 October 2015 |title=School Dritabiki nog steeds gesloten |url=http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/31726 |newspaper=Starnews |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> In 2015, volunteers from Diitabiki and its surroundings extended the school with an extra classroom.<ref name="DWT">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 October 2015 |title=Dorpelingen Drietabbetje bouwen leslokaal bij school |url=http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2015/10/25/dorpelingen-drietabbetje-bouwen-leslokaal-bij-school/ |newspaper=de Ware Tijd |access-date=18 April 2016 |archive-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505012905/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2015/10/25/dorpelingen-drietabbetje-bouwen-leslokaal-bij-school/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Healthcare == Diitabiki is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/|title=Zorggebied|website=Medische Zending.sr|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930070719/http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Energy == Between 1985 and 1987, electricity was provided by an overhead power line connected to the Puketi hydroelectric power plant.{{sfn|Van Els|2012|p=284}} After this power plant stopped working during the Surinamese Interior War there have been attempts to rehabilitate the facility, but after a university delegation in 2003 and 2004 investigated the possibilities for hydroelectric power in the region, the Ministry for Regional Development decided to instead fund the construction of a larger hydroelectric power plant at the Gran Olo rapids nearby.{{sfn|Van Els|2012|pp=285-286}} Although it will initially only power Puketi and Futupasi, the plan is to eventually connect Diitabiki to the grid as well. As of 2016, the Gran Olo power plant is still under construction.<ref name="Obsession magazine 2014-10">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Zoveelste vertraging oplevering miniwaterkrachtcentrale Gran Olo Sula – Eén transformator ongeschikt voor stroomleverantie |url=http://obsession-magazine.nl/?p=72204 |newspaper=Obsession Magazine |date= 11 October 2014 |access-date= 26 April 2016}}</ref>
== Transportation == thumb|Diitabiki with Drietabbetje Airstrip in the background. === By air === Diitabiki is served by Drietabbetje Airstrip, offering Blue Wings and Gum Air scheduled services from Paramaribo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluewingairlines.com/charters/|title=Blue Wings Airlines|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121044041/http://bluewingairlines.com/charters/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== By boat and rail === Diitabaki is close to the villages of Mainsi, and Moitaki. The Granholo waterfalls cannot be crossed by boat. A railway line{{sfn|Van Els|2012|pp=280}} has been built at Futupasi to cross the waterfalls,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tigritours.nl/specials/expedities/drietabbetje/|title=Drietabbetje|website=Tigri Tours|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815160514/http://www.tigritours.nl/specials/expedities/drietabbetje/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and since February 2008, a ferry service has been opened to Puketi and Godo Holo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mintct.sr/vp32.htm|title=Bezoek delegatie aan Drietabbetje|website=Ministry of Transport Suriname|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=11 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911090107/http://www.mintct.sr/vp32.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Tourism== Several holiday resorts have opened in or near Diitabiki, and ecotourism is actively being promoted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf|title=Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013|website=Planning Office Suriname|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> The village is promoting itself as a tourist destination, and tour operators are offering tours to Diitabiki, and the surrounding nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parbode.com/welkom-in-drietabbetje/|title=Welkom in Drietabbetje|access-date=22 May 2020|website=Parbode|date=24 August 2009|language=nl}}</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}}
== References == *{{cite journal |last=Van Els |first=Rudi |year=2012 |title=De Puketi micro-waterkrachtcentrale in het binnenland van Suriname: implementatie, rehabilitatie en ervaringen |url=http://www.adekusjournal.sr/adekusjournal/data/documentbestand/Article_Els.pdf |journal=Academic Journal of Suriname |publisher=Anton de Kom University of Suriname |volume=2012 |issue=3 |pages=276–291 |access-date=26 April 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512201647/http://www.adekusjournal.sr/adekusjournal/data/documentbestand/Article_Els.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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