Traditioner
Forra sondagen firade man en tradition har i Holland som har varit storre an Julafton lange. Just nu sags det att de tva traditionerna ar lika stora men for ett antal ar sedan var den 5 Dec det som barnen vantade pa mest under aret.
Sinterklaas ar Hollandarnas motsvarighet till Saint Nicholas som bland annat firas i Tyskland. barnen far julklappar i sina skor om de har varit snalla och veckorna/dagarna innan sinterklaas ar affarerna i hysteri, Sinterklaas har sitt egna speciella godis som ser ut som sma skorpor och det ar tradition att man bland annat far choklad i form av den forsta bokstaven i sitt namn.
Det vi har diskuterat en del har pa kontoret angaende denna tradition ar att Sinterklaas har en 'medhjalpare'. Medhjalparen heter Zwarte Piet och sahar beskrivs han bland annat pa wikipedia:
"1845: Jan Schenkman writes Saint Nicholas and his Servant; Piet is described in this book as a servant and as black, and is depicted as a dark man wearing Asian-style clothes.
According to myths dating to the beginning of the 19th century, Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) operated by himself or in the companionship of a devil. Zwarte Piet originally was such an enslaved devil forced to assist his captor, but the character emerged in the 19th century within the Netherlands as a companion of Saint Nicholas.
Zwarte Pieten are often portrayed as mischievous but rarely a mean-spirited characters. Parents used to tell their children that if they have been good, a Zwarte Piet will bring them gifts and sweets, but if they have been bad, a Piet will scoop them up, stuff them in his huge dufflebag and spirit them away to Spain as punishment.
According to the more modern Saint Nicholas legend, a Zwarte Piet is a servant who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his holiday travels. In some versions, it is alleged that Saint Nicholas once liberated a young slave named Peter, who decided to serve Nicholas (as a free servant) rather than enjoy liberty alone.
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."
Kan inte hjalpa att jag tycker att denna tradition ar NAGOT "uhum" aven om beskrivningen av Zwarte Piet har andrats under aren...
Sinterklaas och Zwarte Piet
Sinterklaas ar Hollandarnas motsvarighet till Saint Nicholas som bland annat firas i Tyskland. barnen far julklappar i sina skor om de har varit snalla och veckorna/dagarna innan sinterklaas ar affarerna i hysteri, Sinterklaas har sitt egna speciella godis som ser ut som sma skorpor och det ar tradition att man bland annat far choklad i form av den forsta bokstaven i sitt namn.
Det vi har diskuterat en del har pa kontoret angaende denna tradition ar att Sinterklaas har en 'medhjalpare'. Medhjalparen heter Zwarte Piet och sahar beskrivs han bland annat pa wikipedia:
"1845: Jan Schenkman writes Saint Nicholas and his Servant; Piet is described in this book as a servant and as black, and is depicted as a dark man wearing Asian-style clothes.
According to myths dating to the beginning of the 19th century, Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) operated by himself or in the companionship of a devil. Zwarte Piet originally was such an enslaved devil forced to assist his captor, but the character emerged in the 19th century within the Netherlands as a companion of Saint Nicholas.
Zwarte Pieten are often portrayed as mischievous but rarely a mean-spirited characters. Parents used to tell their children that if they have been good, a Zwarte Piet will bring them gifts and sweets, but if they have been bad, a Piet will scoop them up, stuff them in his huge dufflebag and spirit them away to Spain as punishment.
According to the more modern Saint Nicholas legend, a Zwarte Piet is a servant who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his holiday travels. In some versions, it is alleged that Saint Nicholas once liberated a young slave named Peter, who decided to serve Nicholas (as a free servant) rather than enjoy liberty alone.
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."
Kan inte hjalpa att jag tycker att denna tradition ar NAGOT "uhum" aven om beskrivningen av Zwarte Piet har andrats under aren...
Sinterklaas och Zwarte Piet
Kommentarer
Postat av: Babe
Oj vilken konstig tradition. Är den svarte "hjälpredan" en kvarleva från Hollands tid som kolonialmakt måntro...? Knepigt värre.
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