The sea means life, inspiration, and health, a mass of salty water that connects places, coasts and people.
In Suriname it's the same with "water", which is why (Indigenous) villages settled near rivers: it provides food, drink, used for cleaning and is a means of travel. During and after colonization, most of the population also settled near the coast.
They are hot so you have to take care not to burn yourself (if you don't have the patience to wait 😁).
!LOL When I had chestnuts in December I didn't mind that those were piping hot, because my hands were "freezing" 😂.