Manspasidei

Sranan Tongo Alternative forms nl Manspasi Dey Etymology Emancipation Day; compound of srn manspasi emancipation dei day. Pronunciation Noun srn noun Surinamese en Emancipation Day, a Ketikoti national holiday in Suriname observed annually on 1 July srn Ketikoti srn 29 June 1974 nl De Vrije Stem (Suriname) Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname Fred W. Omskirk Sr. Manspasi 1 https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011020819:mpeg21:a0056 Ef mi ben sab pe joe grebi de, / mi gran afo, di krodong tjari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fjoe eegi doti, / biten tédei, Manspasidei / psa hondro jari di keti koti, / mi ben sa saka libi foto, / mi ben sa pari mi eegi boto / f'kon saka kiendie na joe sei. Efu mi ben sabi pe yu grebi de / mi gran afo, di krodon tyari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fu yu eigi doti / biten tide, Manspasidei / psa hondro yari di keti koti / mi ben sa saka libi foto / mi ben sa pari mi eigi boto / fu kon saka kindi na yu sei. If I knew where yout grave was, my grand ancestor, whom forced labour / brought to Suriname / so far away from your own native soil, / early today, Emancipation Day / hundred years after the chains were broken, / I would have left the city, / I would have paddled my own boat / to come and kneel by your side.