Black Pete24

Every year around 5 December the Dutch and Flemish celebrate 'Sinterklaas'. Sinterklaas is depicted as an older white man with a beard dressed as a bishop. He is accompanied by helpers with black faces and colourful Moorish dresses, figures known as Black Pete. In recent years this tradition is under scrutiny because of it's racist nature. During a time of awareness about Dutch slavery history this series was made to illustrate this sensitive matter.