Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated...
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) is a Dutch organization that campaigns against the Zwarte Piet character (IPA: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit], in English: Black Pete, or...
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Sinterklaas (section Zwarte Piet)
Sinterklaas is assisted by Zwarte Piet ("Black Pete"), a helper dressed in Moorish attire and in a black painted face. Zwarte Piet first appeared in print...
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Blackface (section Zwarte Piet)
explains that the figure of Zwarte Piet has nothing to do with slavery. However, the original and archetypal Zwarte Piet is believed to be a continuation...
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The corresponding figure in the Netherlands and Flanders is called Zwarte Piet or Black Pete, and in Swiss folklore Schmutzli, (schmutz meaning dirt)...
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watching Zwarte Piet and a judging Sinterklaas. Surinam, a former colony of the Netherlands, has adapted the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. Recently...
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Zwarte is the Dutch word for black and may refer to: Zwarte Piet, companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Flanders...
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anti-Zwarte Piet protest groups during violent attacks by pro-Zwarte Piet protest groups. According to lawyer Jelle Klaas, the pro-Zwarte Piet movement...
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a 2017 interview with WNL Schoof expressed criticism of the Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) organisation and described it as a movement "that could potentially...
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Dutch "Sinterklaas" costumes, including two white adults dressed as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), with faces painted black and wearing Afro wigs. The board...
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