Sinterklaas En Zwarte Pieten
Sinterklaas is assisted by zwarte piet black pete a helper dressed in moorish attire and in blackfacezwarte piet first appeared in print as the nameless servant of saint nicholas in sint nikolaas en zijn knecht st.
Sinterklaas en zwarte pieten. The zwarte piet character is part of the annual feast of st. Nicholas and his servantapprentice published in 1850 by amsterdam schoolteacher jan schenkman. However the tradition appears to date back at least as far as the early.
Nicholas eve in english in the netherlands suriname aruba and curacao.