Fiction:Sinterklaas & Zwarte Piet

Sinterklaas & Zware Piet are popular mythical characters within the and are loved by children and adults alike. Sinterklaas (or Sint-Nicolaas) is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron of saint of children. He is also known as De Sint (the Saint), De Goede Sint (The Good Saint) and De Goedheiligman (The Good Holy Man).

Sinterklaas is assisted by many Zwarte Piet ("Black Pete"); helpers with black faces in colourful Moorish dress. The Sinterklaasfeest has been celebrated ever since the 13th century and the medieval era of Earth.

History
Sinterklaas is based on the historical figure of Saint Nicholas (270–343), a Greek bishop of Myra in present-day Turkey. He is depicted as an elderly, stately and serious man with white hair and a long, full beard. He wears a long red cape or chasuble over a traditional white bishop's alb and sometimes red stola, dons a red mitre and ruby ring, and holds a gold-coloured crosier, a long ceremonial shepherd's staff with a fancy curled top. He traditionally rides a white horse that is called Amerigo. Sinterklaas carries a big, red book in which is written whether each child has been good or naughty in the past year and is often portrayed as an absent-minded elder.

Zwarte Piet's colourful dress is based on 16th-century noble attire, with a ruff (lace collar) and a feathered cap. He is typically depicted carrying a bag which contains candy for the children, which they toss around. There are many Pieten, amongst them a navigation Piet to navigate the steamboat from Spain, a gift-wrapping Piet, a Sport Piet etc.

In the 21st century the character of Zwarte Piet caused great controversy as some considered it to be racism. Its traditionally face is said to blackened with soot due to climbing through chimneys to deliver gifts for the children. Even with the exodus into space, it seemed the traditional mythical story survived the ages and is still celebrated greatly within the.

By 2820, the festivals also gained popularity within the.

Trivia

 * It is celebrated from Mid-November till 5 december.
 * Sinterklaas is the primary source of the popular Christmas icon of Santa Claus.

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