Yet Black Petes around Saint-entry: "You are ugly with that soot sweep '

Black Petes during the arrival of Sinterklaas in Rotterdam soot wipe helpers addressed in not too flattering terms on their appearance. The smooth Petes are not made-up on the payroll of the Saint Nicholas afternoon docked at the Willemsplein, because they participated for the first time in the history of the city only non-Black Petes note.