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Sinterklaas, accompanied by his servant Zwarte Piet, is a traditional Winter holiday figure who brings gifts for the children. He is still celebrated today in the Low Countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium. He is also well known in territories of the former Dutch Empire, including South Africa, Suriname, and Indonesia. He is one of the main sources of the holiday figure of Santa Claus.
Sinterklaas traditionally arrives in the Netherlands each year in mid-November by steamboat from Spain.
These photos are from his arrival in Kijkduin (The Hague). The crowd is there to meet and greet him. Many children are dressed like Sinterklaas or Zwarte Piet. It's a colourful happening in more than one sense! It's good to see that Sinterklaas brings together children and parents of all colours.
Sint Nicolaas (Sinterklaas)
Sinterklaas [sɪntər'klaːs] (or more formally Sint Nicolaas or Sint Nikolaas; Saint Nicolas in French; Sankt Nikolaus in German) is a traditional winter holiday figure still celebrated today in the Low Countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as some parts of Germany, French Flanders, Lorraine and Artois. He is also well known in territories of the former Dutch Empire, including Aruba, Suriname, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Indonesia. He is one of the sources of the holiday figure of Santa Claus in North America.[1]
Although he is usually referred to as Sinterklaas, he is also known as De Goedheiligman (The Good Holy Man), Sint Nicolaas [sɪnt 'nikolaːs] [About this sound pronunciation (help·info)] (Saint Nicholas) or simply as De Sint (The Saint).
He is celebrated annually on Saint Nicholas' eve (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December in the other countries. Originally, the feast celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas – patron saint of children, sailors, philatelists, and the city of Amsterdam, among others. Sint Nicholas being a bishop and this geographical spread make clear that the feast in this form has a Roman Catholic background, although the papacy has never officially recognized his existence.
Closely related figures are also known in German-speaking Europe and territories historically influenced by German culture, including: Switzerland (Samichlaus), Germany and Austria (Sankt Nikolaus); the region of South Tyrol in Italy; Nord-Pas de Calais, Alsace and Lorraine in France – as well as in Luxembourg (De Kleeschen), parts of Central Europe and the Balkans.
Kris maakt een film van Sinterklaas bij TomTom en gaat daarna met Liz op de plek van Sinterklaas zitten.
Sinterklaas was very tired, so he didn't go home on his white horse. Instead, he took this white extended hummer.
Nuf said.
Sinterklaas arrived this year in Amsterdam on Sunday 17 November. We went out to welcome him together with the Reumkens-family.
Sinterklaas arrives
Sinterklaas traditionally arrives in the Netherlands each year in mid-November (usually on a Saturday) by steamboat from Spain. Some suggest that gifts associated with the holy man, such as mandarin oranges, led to the misconception that he must have been from Spain. He parades through the streets on his gray horse Amerigo, welcomed by cheering and singing children.[5] This event is broadcast live on national television in the Netherlands and Belgium. His Zwarte Piet assistants throw candy and small, round, gingerbread-like cookies, either "kruidnoten" or "pepernoten," into the crowd. The children welcome him by singing traditional Sinterklaas songs. Sinterklaas visits schools, hospitals and shopping centers. After this arrival, all towns with a dock usually celebrate their own "intocht van Sinterklaas" (arrival of Sinterklaas). Local arrivals usually take place later on the same Saturday of the national arrival, the next Sunday (the day after he arrives in the Netherlands or Belgium), or one weekend after the national arrival. In places a boat cannot reach, Sinterklaas arrives by train, horse, or even carriage.