...it is sad to see how there are so many spaces and buildings in deterioration, in which joy and social interaction once reigned...

I know what you mean. Moengo for example was a thriving city before the civil war and parents and the elder speak highly of those times. The activities, the thriving economy, the social events (theater, cinema, etc.) are now distant memories for their generation, while mine and those that come after me, shall only have to take their word for it, which is a shame. The civil war in the '80's brought Suriname decades back.