1 Jul 2025
Pick up your Heri Heri dish
Keti Koti at the Willet-Holthuysen House
1 Jul 2025
The Willet-Holthuysen HouseRemembering, recognizing and connecting
Pick up a Heri Heri dish between 12.00 pm and 5 pm. Take the dish home, or eat it in the historic garden of the Willet-Holthuysen House while enjoying a free drink. With the serving of this dish, we invite everyone to reflect together on the shared past and build collective consciousness. Will you stop by?
Heri Heri is a common one-pot dish that originated on the Surinamese plantations during the transatlantic slave trade. The recipe was passed down for generations, resulting in the dish we know today that includes cassava, boiled sweet potato and plantain, bakkeljauw and egg.
Heri Heri Maaltijd, 2023, Fotografie: Françoise Bolechowski
About Free Heri Heri For All
Free Heri Heri For All is a nationwide initiative in which free heri heri meals are distributed on July 1st, the day of Keti Koti, as a form of remembrance, recognition and connection. Heri heri is a traditional dish that originated in the slavery era and symbolizes survival and resilience.