Sinterklaas Day Black Pete
Zwarte piet pronounced zrte pit dutch for black pete.
Sinterklaas day black pete. Unlike elsewhere part of the tradition is to wrap the presents in a creative way for example a small present inside layers upon layers of wrapping paper and this is accompanied by a poem usually aimed at poking fun at the receiver. Sinterklas in the folklore of the low countriesthe character first appeared in an 1850 book by. The zwarte pieten or black petes who accompany sinterklaas in the annual televised parade which this year takes place in apeldoorn on 16 november will instead have sooty faces the broadcaster.
Sinterklaas which is in part the prototype of the well known santa claus is helped by the black petes to hand out presents on the 5th december on the eve of st nicholas day. Swart piet is the companion of saint nicholas dutch.