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Dutch "Christmas" Tradition - Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (2017x78)

Date de diffusion: Déc 06, 2017

Last night, throughout much of the Netherlands, children unwrapped presents brought to them by Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) and his assistants Zwarte Piet (Black Peter) - but aren't they a whole 20 days early? In this video we're going to take a look at the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas which is also observed in parts of Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France. The history behind how the real-life Saint Nicholas went from a Turkish Bishop to the figure of Sinterklaas who is himself the inspiration for "Santa Claus." Vlog/Second Channel - Vlogs in Clogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaGmeUfuekPbceuG-XM_gQ Music Used: Sneaky Snitch - Kevin MacLeod Acoustic Breeze - Bensound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7T8oFqUG6s HIdden Wonder - Kevin MacLeod Teller of Tales - Kevin MacLeod Suonatore Di Liutto - Kevin MacLeod Up and Away - Holfix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YmM_cjUp4o Constancy Part III - Kevin MacLeod Magic Forest - Kevin MacLeod Minima - Kevin MacLeod Rites - Kevin MacLeod "Rites" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License All images are from the Public Domain of Wikimedia Commons and Pixabay. How to Pronounce Dutch Place Names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYv6EqW5Bok&t=44s Let's Learn Some Basic Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcSO-F6VjPc&t=48s How to Tell Apart Dutch, Frisian and Afrikaans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyFyO7ecEI&t=71s The Netherlands, Holland, and the Low Countries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VDmZ1t2Ik&t=4s A Response To Alternate History Hub's "What if the American Slavery Never Existed?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5CiA2tR7TU&t=60s What was the Great Trek? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028OjMGirj0 Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1jPjOBhUFw&t=31s Netherlands Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoh8RIWomP0&t=16s A Tribute to the Dutch Republic: https://www.