{{Short description|Public holiday in Suriname commemorating the abolition of slavery (1 July 1863)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} [[File:Kwakoe statue, Paramaribo.JPG|thumb|''Kwakoe statue'' in Paramaribo, representing a former slave whose chains are cut]]
'''{{lang|srn|Ketikoti}}''' ({{IPA|srn|ˈkɪti ˈkɔti|IPA|audio=Ketikoti-Aldith-Hunkar.mp3}}), sometimes spelled as ''Keti Koti'' (Sranantongo: "the chain is cut" or "the chain is broken"),<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NR1upOe8KKMC&dq=keti+koti+suriname&pg=PA155 |title=Caribbean Transnationalism: Migration, Pluralization, and Social Cohesion |last=van Stipriaan |first=Alex |date=2006 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739113974|editor-last=Gowricharn |editor-first=Ruben S. |language=en |chapter=Between Diaspora TransNationalism and American Globalization A History of AfroSurinamese Emancipation Day}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suriname-languages.sil.org/Sranan/National/SrananNLDictIndex.html?Dict/k.html |title=SIL, Languages of Surinam, Sranan-Nederlands Woordenboek |access-date=10 July 2020 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712090501/http://www.suriname-languages.sil.org/Sranan/National/SrananNLDictIndex.html?Dict/k.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> or officially {{lang|nl|'''Dag der Vrijheden'''}} (Dutch: Day of the Freedoms), is an annual celebration on 1 July that marks Emancipation Day in Suriname. The day is also known as ''Manspasi Dei'' or ''Prisiri Manspasi'', meaning "Emancipation" or "Emancipation Festival",<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c73PGD1AcxIC&dq=keti+koti+suriname&pg=PA240 |title=Chinese New Migrants in Suriname: The Inevitability of Ethnic Performing |last=Fat |first=Paul B. Tjon Sie |date=2009 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=9789056295981 |language=en}}</ref> or ''Kettingsnijden'' (Dutch: chain cutting).
==History== ''Ketikoti'' marks the date when slavery was abolished in Surinam in 1863. However, enslaved people in Surinam would not be fully free until 1873, after a mandatory 10-year transition period during which time they were required to work on the plantations for minimal pay and with state-sanctioned force: if they were discovered outside without a pass, they could be jailed.<ref name="correspondent">{{cite web |url=https://decorrespondent.nl/7530/afschaffing-van-de-slavernij-in-suriname-ging-het-nog-tien-jaar-voort/2939316396390-e0e5cdf0 |title=''Afschaffing van de slavernij? In Suriname ging het nog tien jaar voort'' |website=De Correspondent |date=30 October 2017 |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=nl}}</ref> On 1 July 1955, ''Ketikoti'' officially became a public holiday in Suriname. On 30 June 1963, the statue of Kwakoe was unveiled in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital city to commemorate the abolition of slavery.
After 1873 many slaves left the plantations where they had worked for several generations, in favor of the city of Paramaribo. Former slave owners were compensated. For the 32,911 released people that were kept as slaves in Suriname, an amount of ƒ 9,867,780.00 (in 2020 about €250 million) was paid to slave owners.<ref name="bedrog">{{cite news |url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/59368 |title=1 juli 1863: De dag van het grote bedrog |website=Star Nieuws |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>
==Celebration== As of 2009, several cities in the Netherlands hosted various activities, making this a day of national celebration and remembrance throughout the country.<ref name="bedrog" /> Since 2002, there is an official monument for remembrance of slavery in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This {{lang|nl|Nationaal Monument Slavernijgeschiedenis}} ("National Monument Slavery History") is in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. The ''Keti Koti'' festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keti Koti 2020 |url=https://www.techhelper.tech/2020/06/keti-koti-2020.html |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=Tech Enayet}}</ref> marks the date when slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles in 1863. The festival organisation also aims to pressure the Dutch government for reparations and research. As of 2020, it is still unclear when the first slaves arrived.<ref name="bedrog" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commonscat}}
* [http://www.ninsee.nl/?pagina=64&parentID=0&level=1 Website about Dutch Slavery] (in Dutch) * [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/timeline-dutch-history/1863-abolition-of-slavery 1863 Abolition of Slavery] by the Rijksmuseum * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLcd6zgJto Keti Koti Suite (Vídeo)] at the NOS
Category:History of Suriname Category:Emancipation day Category:Public holidays in Suriname Category:July observances Category:1950s introductions