{"id":9256,"date":"2019-06-02T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdammagazine.com\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:25:22","slug":"keti-koti-festival-oosterpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/uitgaan\/keti-koti-festival-oosterpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Keti Koti Festival in the Oosterpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Keti Koti means \"Broken Chains\" in Surinamese and stands for the abolition of slavery in the country on July 1, 1863. Since then, every year on this date we reflect together on the past and look ahead to a free future in which equality and solidarity are central.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9928\" title=\"keti-koti-amsterdam-festival\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/keti-koti-amsterdam-festival-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"keti-koti-amsterdam-festival\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/keti-koti-amsterdam-festival-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/keti-koti-amsterdam-festival-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/keti-koti-amsterdam-festival.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From 11 a.m. there will be a parade from Waterlooplein towards the Oosterpark in traditional Surinamese attire, followed by a commemorative moment at the slavery monument in the park from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. After this, at 3 p.m. the festival will start and freedom will be exuberantly celebrated with stands with delicious food, drinks and various stages with live music and dance performances.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Opening hours<\/h4>\n<p>Keti Koti will take place on July 1 from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keti Koti betekent \u2018Verbroken Ketenen\u2019 in het Surinaams en staat voor de afschaffing van de slavernij in het land op 1 juli 1863. Sindsdien staan we ieder jaar op deze datum samen stil bij het verleden en kijken we vooruit naar een vrije toekomst waarin gelijkheid en verbondenheid centraal staan. Vanaf 11.00 uur loopt er &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/uitgaan\/keti-koti-festival-oosterpark\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"district":[12],"class_list":["post-9256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uitgaan","district-amsterdam-oost"],"acf":{"slider":[9283,9284,9285],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Herdenking van de afschaffing van de slavernij in Suriname","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"4.9035614","cord_B":"52.3679843","introductie_tekst":"Op 1 juli herdenken en vieren we de afschaffing van de slavernij in Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. 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