Ketikoti

Also known as Maspasi, Prisiri Maspasi, Keti Koti, Emancipation Day

thumb|Kwakoe (statue)|Kwakoe statue in [[Paramaribo, representing a former slave whose chains are cut]]

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Instance of: public holiday
Subclass of: Emancipation Day
Part of: culture of Suriname
Country: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Image: Bigi spikri, Suriname, 2018 - 1.png

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Commons category: Ketikoti
day in year for periodic occurrence: July 1

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thumb|Kwakoe (statue)|Kwakoe statue in [[Paramaribo, representing a former slave whose chains are cut]]

'''' (), sometimes spelled as Keti Koti (Sranantongo: "the chain is cut" or "the chain is broken"), or officially (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", or Kettingsnijden (Dutch: chain cutting).

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