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On Saturday, June 28, the city of Purmerend hosted the first edition of the Keti Koti<\/strong> festival\u2014an event dedicated to commemorating the abolition of slavery in the former Dutch colonies. Organized by the Purmerend Committee Against Racism and Discrimination<\/strong>, the festival brought together communities, music, history, and culture in a vibrant afternoon of remembrance and celebration.<\/p>\n \u201cKeti Koti\u201d<\/strong>, meaning \u201cbroken chains\u201d in Sranantongo (a Surinamese language), is commemorated every July 1 in the Netherlands to mark the abolition of slavery in 1863. The festival in Purmerend anticipated this national observance with a local program that included speakers, a poet, food from Suriname and Cura\u00e7ao, children\u2019s activities, and live music.<\/p>\n As part of the artistic program, the Bolivian dance group Bolivia Minka<\/strong><\/a> contributed a unique Afro-Andean presence. At 15:15, the group performed the Afro-Bolivian Saya<\/strong>, a dance born from the resistance of enslaved Africans brought to Bolivia’s Yungas region. Rhythmic, spiritual, and powerful, the Saya represents a collective memory of struggle, pride, and resilience. Later, at 16:10, they presented the Tundiqui<\/strong>, a satirical and festive dance rooted in Afro-Bolivian heritage, often used to question colonial power structures through performance and music.<\/p>\n Although Tradici\u00f3n \u00b7 Cultura \u00b7 Arte<\/strong> <\/a>was not officially invited to the event, our team was present to cover and document this important day. The participation of Bolivia Minka served as a bridge between Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American histories, highlighting the deep and ongoing contributions of African-descended peoples across the continent.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”||3px|||”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf8 Bolivia Minka \u2013 Official Facebook<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding=”14px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bolivia Minka joined the first Keti Koti festival in Purmerend with Afro-Andean dances that honored shared legacies of resistance and cultural identity.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-bolivia-minka","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions\/2364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditionculture.art\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\ud83d\udccd Direct contact and official links:<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\udcc4 Rodi.nl article \u2013 \u201cCheque voor Keti Koti Festival\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n