Sinterklaas And Black Peter
Those three weeks are particularly difficult for the black community.
Sinterklaas and black peter. Pit hitam west frisian. Originally black pete was to sint. When the church wanted to wipe out the pagan traditions they added the character of sinterklaas.
In the weeks leading. What they protest against is not sinterklaas himself who rides a grey horse called amerigo and hands out presents on his birthday. Opponents say black petes are an offensive caricature of black people while supporters say pete is a figure of fun whose appearance is harmless his face soot stained from going down chimneys to deliver presents for the children.
Swart pete is the companion of saint nicholas dutch. Sinterklas in the folklore of the low countries. The festivities end on dec.
The basic story of sint nikolaas or sinterklaas in the netherlands is that he comes from spain arriving by steamship with a black helper who when his sack of toys was empty would fill his. This pagan character zwarte piet became the companion of saint nicholas. Black pete or the companion of sinterklaas dates back to pagan times.
Zwarte piet pronounced zrte pit dutch for black pete. 5 when sinterklaas and the black petes leave gifts in childrens shoes and visit schools.