Flag of the Netherlands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was adopted on 13 June 1985. It resembles the War Flag of the Philippines. The pre-independence flag of Suriname consisted of five coloured stars (from top left clockwise: white, black, brown, yellow, and red) connected by an ellipse. The coloured stars represent the major ethnic groups that comprise the Surinamese population: the original Amerindians, the colonizing Europeans, the Africans brought in as slaves to work in plantations and the Indians, Javanese and Chinese who came as indentured workers to replace the Africans who escaped slavery and settled in the hinterland. The ellipse represents
Many Rings convincing representation of its unconventional sonority, and some care has been taken to register all the elements with something like democracy." In his review for "JazzTimes" Larry Appelbaum states "Everything is rooted in the improviser's collective ability to listen and create spontaneous harmony, pulse and structure." Many Rings Many Rings is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Knitting Factory label. He leads an experimental quartet featuring bassoonist Karen Borca, saxophonist Rob Brown and accordionist Andrea Parkins. In his review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson states "This is hardly a session