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Sinterklaas (Dutch: [ˌsɪntərˈklaːs] ⓘ) or Sint-Nicolaas (Dutch: [sɪnt ˈnikoːlaːs] ⓘ) is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.Other Dutch names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goede Sint ("The Good Saint") and De Goedheiligman ("The Good Holy Man").
A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...
Zwarte Piet (English: Black Peter or Black Pete, French: Père-Fouettard, meaning father whipper) is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) in the folklore of the Low Countries. The character first appeared in his current form in an 1850 book by Jan Schenkman and is commonly depicted as a blackamoor.
De Club van Sinterklaas en de Race Tegen de Klok is a 2022 Dutch film written and directed by Martijn Koevoets. [1] The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was the sixth best visited Dutch film of 2022 with just over 210,000 visitors.
Child watches the national arrival of Sinterklaas, broadcast by Het Sinterklaasjournaal (2006).. In the summer of 2001, Ajé Boschhuizen, who was the editor-in-chief of the Dutch version of Sesame Street, came up with a new children's program for the Sinterklaas period.
16 July 2022 Ninove, Belgium Pole vault: 4.55 m Femke Pluim: 1 August 2015 Dutch Championships: Amsterdam, Netherlands [72] Long jump: 6.78 m (±0.0 m/s) Dafne Schippers: 26 July 2014 Dutch Championships: Amsterdam, Netherlands [73] Triple jump: 13.51 m (−0.4 m/s) Brenda Baar: 18 June 2011 European Team Championships 1st League İzmir, Turkey ...
According to the decision of CAS of Kamila Valieva's disqualification for four years, since 25 December 2021, her scores of these European Championships were annulled. [33] This resulted in every other ladies singles skater moving up a place, [ 34 ] breaking what had been otherwise an all-Russia sweep of this event's podium.
In the Netherlands, kruidnoten are one of the most popular and recognizable candies during the Sinterklaas period. During the 21st century the recipe has become the subject of experimentation. [7] [8] Pop-up shops, fully devoted to selling the many variants that have been produced over the years, have become a yearly sight in many cities.