Ketikoti

Ketikoti (IPA: [ˈkɪti ˈkɔti] ⓘ), sometimes spelled as Keti Koti (Sranantongo: "the chain is cut" or "the chain is broken"),[1][2] or officially Dag der Vrijheden (Dutch: Day of the Freedoms) is an annual celebration on 1 July that marks Emancipation Day in Suriname.

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.

On 30 June 1963, the statue of Kwakoe was unveiled in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital city to commemorate the abolition of slavery.

The Keti Koti festival[6] marks the date when slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles in 1863.

The festival organisation also aims to pressure the Dutch government for reparations and research.