Sinterklaas
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Ro-Tiem
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Released:
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Origin:
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet likes to travel to spain. End of November travels Sinterklaas (by boat) to the Netherlands.
In the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zwarte Piet 
pronunciation (meaning Black Pete) is a companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) whose yearly feast in the Netherlands is usually celebrated on the evening of the 5th of December (Sinterklaas-avond, that is St. Nicolas Eve) and the 6th of December in Belgium, when they distribute sweets and presents to all good children. The Sweets are pepernoten chocolate and marsepein.
The characters of Zwarte Pieten appear only in the weeks before Saint Nicholas's feast, first when the saint is welcomed with a parade as he arrives in the country (generally by boat, having traveled from Madrid, Spain). The tasks of the Zwarte Pieten are mostly to amuse children, and to scatter pepernoten and candies for those who come to meet the saint as he visits stores, schools, and other places.
The original Zwarte Piet is sometimes associated with Knecht Ruprecht, but in the Low Countries the tradition has not merged with Christmas.
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