The arrival of St Nicholas to Maassluis

The first Saturday after 11 November, this year on Novemeber 12th in the Netherlands, the red-and-white-clad Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) arrives by steamboat to great fanfare. This year the place is Maassluis. Hundreds of thousands turn out along the canals to greet the tall, bearded saint and his helpers, jolly types called Zwarte Pieten or Black Petes. It's been five years since the "Black Peter is Racism" campaign was launched. Though blackface caricature much longer is a painful annual phenomenon Black Dutch, now seems all Dutch society to be aware of the discussion. The UN has reported that Black Pete is directly related to the Dutch slavery state. Along the route of Sinterklass people against (KOZP), and in favor (NVU) of "Black Pete" are going to manifest. Hundreds of police officers have been called there for ensuring that the national arrival of Sinterklaas in Maassluis without problems. In the last minute people of the KOZP (against Black Piete) were arrested in Rotterdam by the police so they couldn't manifest in Maasluis. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The first Saturday after 11 November, this year on Novemeber 12th in the Netherlands, the red-and-white-clad Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) arrives by steamboat to great fanfare. This year the place is Maassluis. Hundreds of thousands turn out along the canals to greet the tall, bearded saint and his helpers, jolly types called Zwarte Pieten or Black Petes. It's been five years since the "Black Peter is Racism" campaign was launched. Though blackface caricature much longer is a painful annual phenomenon Black Dutch, now seems all Dutch society to be aware of the discussion. The UN has reported that Black Pete is directly related to the Dutch slavery state. Along the route of Sinterklass people against (KOZP), and in favor (NVU) of "Black Pete" are going to manifest. Hundreds of police officers have been called there for ensuring that the national arrival of Sinterklaas in Maassluis without problems. In the last minute people of the KOZP (against Black Piete) were arrested in Rotterdam by the police so they couldn't manifest in Maasluis. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The arrival of St Nicholas to Maassluis
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