What foods do you usually eat in celebration of the new year?

With us it varies, because of the different ethnicities and cultures living in Suriname. If family's/companies really want to go the "Western" route, they'll have roulade and/or turkey, with potato dishes and salads on the side.

But family's often go for BBQ or bami goreng or curry duck, etc. It depends on family. And in the Netherlands they often eat "oliebol", which is a deep-fried (raisin) bun. Very useful for those cold hands to eat those buns hot 😅, but me being from Suriname I would like to eat those whole year round 🤣.

The osechi ryori looks so beautiful... I see that it has varied options and what an interesting story around the food items.