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Asidonhopo
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<p>Asidonhopo is a <a href="/facts/Saramaka/X2m3Q99c">Saramaka</a> village on the <a href="/facts/Pikin_Rio/3h4BHGls">Pikin Rio</a>, shortly before the confluence at the <a href="/facts/Upper_Suriname_River/bssoyJ7T">Upper Suriname River</a> in the <a href="/facts/Sipaliwini_District/QMzNpdLh">Sipaliwini District</a> of <a href="/facts/Suriname/zjwRFBPL">Suriname</a>. Asidonhopo is the residence of the <a href="/facts/Paramount_chief/KSuNr6U6">paramount chief</a> or <a href="/facts/Gaanman/EaCprhls">gaanman</a> of the <a href="/facts/Saramaca/X2m3Q99c">Saramaca</a>. The succession of gaanman <a href="/facts/Belfon_Aboikoni/YGyzDNXk">Belfon Aboikoni</a>, who died in June 2014, has not been decided as of 2018. There are three candidates, but no agreement between the clans. The decision was forwarded to President <a href="/facts/D%C3%A9si_Bouterse/FTUuWyku">Dési Bouterse</a>, however he decided that the clans have to reach a compromise themselves. </p>