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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 ...
De Lustige Kapoentjes (literally: "The Joyful Rascals") was a long-running Flemish comic book series, which existed under different titles and was drawn by different artists, among whom Marc Sleen ("The Lustige Kapoentjes") and Willy Vandersteen ("De Vrolijke Bengels") are the most well known.
Het Sinterklaasjournaal is a Dutch children's television series that has been broadcast every year since 2001 during the Sinterklaas period.The program is a fictional, children news program, in which the adventures of Sinterklaas and his Petes during their stay in the Netherlands are told.
Pages in category "Sinterklaas" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
An 1865 illustration of the Hungarian Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) and a Krampusz, a fearful and devilish creature, a mean elfIn Austria, Czechia, southern Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine, Saint Nicholas often comes with two assistants (see companions of Saint Nicholas): a good angel who gives out presents to good children and a devil or a half-goat, half-demon monster ...
The practice of face painting white actors with black face paint was well-accepted in Dutch society until the late 2000s. However, in the early 2010s, in the wake of the zwartepietendiscussie, De club van Sinterklaas became one of the first Dutch television series to stop this practice and introduced the 'soot' version of the character in 2017. [7]
t Kapoentje (literally: "The Little Rascal") was a youth supplement published by the Flemish newspaper Het Volk from April 3, 1947 until 1989. It was notable for its comics and, together with Ons Volkske , the most important comic book magazine in Flanders .