Keti Koti 2020

Keti Koti 2020

Keti Koti 2020(Sranantongo: "the chain is cut" or "the chain is broken") is an annual celebration on Dominion Day that marks Emancipation Day in Suriname. The day is additionally referred to as Maspasi or Prisiri Maspasi, meaning "Emancipation" or "Emancipation Festival".

Keti Koti Festival

Keti Koti festival marks the date when slavery was abolished in Suriname and therefore the Dutch Antilles in 1863. However, enslaved people in Suriname wouldn't be fully free until 1873, after a compulsory 10-year transition period during which era they were required to figure on the plantations for minimal pay and without state-sanctioned torture.

Keti Koti 2020

After 1873 many slaves left the plantations where that they had suffered for several generations, in favor of the town of Paramaribo.

In 2009 several cities within the Netherlands hosted various activities, making today each day of national celebration and remembrance throughout the country.