Alternative Zwarte Piet Suggestions
Once a year during November Sinterklaas arrives in The Netherlands and brings with him his helpers the Zwarte Pieten. The black face paint of Zwarte Piet often causes a few raised eyebrows from those who are not familiar with the tradition. In recent years there has been a lot of debate about whether or not the look of Sinterklaas’ trusted helper should be changed. There have been a few attempts at creating alternative Zwarte Pieten; Blue Piet, White Piet and even Rainbow Piet. None have fully taken off yet but here are a few alternative Zwarte Piet whacky suggestions of my own which I think might help:
Alternative Zwarte Piet:
Do you have any other alternative Zwarte Piet suggestions?
DropPiet!
In the, “It could get worse,” department, I thought up two:
Robert Downey Jr. Piet (look up his character in Pineapple Express)
Al Jolson Piet
Rachael Dolezal Piet (a Piet with no facepaint that claims the struggle of being a Piet)
Some other better suggestions:
MS Windows Piet (the logo(s) with the 4 colors, not the new monochrome ones.)
American Football Fan Piet (I am partial to the Chicago Bears: http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070205003538/wikiality/images/8/86/Capt.sb12402042204.aptopix_super_bowl_football_sb124.jpg)
Superhero Piet (so many superheros can be factpainted on, like the Hulk (which you have) and Spiderman, Iron Man, Etc.)
What about Frozen Piet (I understand there was a female Piet this year) Or my favourite would be Minion Piet. But I love the Springfield Piet.