29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in the bookstore in the Passage in Den Haag
29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is often rendered in chocolate (as is Sinter Claus) and is often found on chocolate letters, which seem to be a traditional gift.
29 November 2006
Some Zwarte Piets in a fancy pen shop in the Passage in Den Haag.
29 November 2006
Some Zwarte Piets in a fancy pen shop in the Passage in Den Haag.
29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in a neck tie store near the Passage in Den Haag.
This store had multiple Piets.
29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in a neck tie store near the Passage in Den Haag.
29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in a neck tie store near the Passage in Den Haag.
29 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in the café in Haagsche Bluf in Den Haag
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet at an office supply store in Den Haag
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in a gift shop in Den Haag
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet in a gift shop in Den Haag
30 November 2006
Large Zwarte Piets in a flower shop in Den Haag.
With the lighting and their placement, they sort of resemble a creature from Little Shop of Horrors when I see them out of the corner of my eye as I bike past daily.
30 November 2006
Large Zwarte Piets in a flower shop in Den Haag.
These are probably the most disturbing Piet dolls that I've seen.
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet on boxes and wrapping paper in a window display at the SNS bank in Den Haag.
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet on boxes and wrapping paper in a window display at the SNS bank in Den Haag.
The red semicircles on the black wrapping paper are Zwarte Piet's lips.
30 November 2006
Sinterklaas candies at Bijenkorf in Den Haag.
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet and Sinterklaas rendered in marzipan at Bijenkorf in Den Haag. This is a large department store.
30 November 2006
Scream-like chocolate Zwarte Piets at Bijenkorf in Den Haag
30 November 2006
Zwarte Piet decorations for sale with candy at the Bijenkorf in Den Haag
30 November 2006
There were Zwarte Piet heads all over the Bijenkorf. All of them had disco balls hanging over them.
There was one on either side of the stairway leading to Sinterklaas' throne.
30 November 2006
The top of a giant, winged Zwarte Piet hanging from the ceiling of the store, in the very middle. This larger than life animatronic puppet spun around, while flapping it arms/wings, kicking it's feet and raising and lowering by several floors. The silver key on the back seems to represent a wind-up toy.
30 November 2006
There were larger-than life Zwarte Piet heads all over the Bijenkorf. All of them had disco balls hanging over them.
30 November 2006
A giant, winged Zwarte Piet hanging from the ceiling of the store, in the very middle. This larger than life animitronic puppet spun around, while flapping it arms/wings, kicking it's feet and raising and lowering by several floors.
30 November 2006
A giant, winged Zwarte Piet hanging from the ceiling of the store, in the very middle. This larger than life animitronic puppet spun around, while flapping it arms/wings, kicking it's feet and raising and lowering by several floors.
30 November 2006
A giant, winged Zwarte Piet hanging from the ceiling of the store, in the very middle. This larger than life animitronic puppet spun around, while flapping it arms/wings, kicking it's feet and raising and lowering by several floors.
Nicole calls this "The Magical Flying Negro."
30 November 2006
The Hema in Den Haag actually managed to feature Zwarte Piet in a positive way.
These children are dressed as Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. Costumes are popular for children here.
Unlike other costume images, the Zwarte Piet child is not in blackface or a black mask.
30 November 2006
The Hema in Den Haag actually managed to feature Zwarte Piet in a positive way.
Zwarte Piet costumes and hats for sale.
30 November 2006
The Hema in Den Haag actually managed to feature Zwarte Piet in a positive way.
I think these are hats and long socks. The hats have tiny heads on top of Zwarte Piet or Sinterklaas
30 November 2006
The Hema in Den Haag actually managed to feature Zwarte Piet in a positive way.
This is an ethnically ambiguous inflatable Zwarte Piet. For sale.
30 November 2006
The Hema in Den Haag actually managed to feature Zwarte Piet in a positive way.
The chocolate Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet avoid the use of racist images.
Although Hema used pictures of an old man for Santa, they avoided having any human representation of Zwarte Piet at all (aside from kids in costumes). Also, unlike any other place in the Netherlands which has both Sinterklaas and Piet, Sinterklaas is featured more prominently and the depictions of him vastly outnumber the depictions of Zwarte Piet.
