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1 | The Netherlands: A Holiday Season of Festivities, Costumes… and Racism? | Pays-Bas (Nederlandy): Vanim-potoanan'ny Fety, Fiakanjoana…Ary Fanavakavahana? |
2 | Zwarte Piets in The Hague, The Netherlands, November 2010, by Flickr user Gerard Stolk (CC-BY-NC) | Zwarte Piets Tao La Haye, Nederlandy, Novambra 2010, avy aminà mpampiasa Flickr Gerard Stolk (CC-BY-NC) |
3 | In the winter season in The Netherlands a character named Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) accompanies Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas, the original inspiration for Santa Claus) for a yearly feast that is celebrated on the evening of December 5 or morning of December 6 with sweets and presents for all good children. | Rehefa ririnina ao Nederlandy, olona iray antsoina hoe Zwarte Piet (Pete Mainty) no manaraka an'i Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas, ilay niavian'ny Dadabe Noely) mandritra ny fety isan-taona izay ankalazaina ny alin'ny 5 Desambra na ny marainan'ny 6 Desambra miaraka amin'ny vatomamy sy fanomezana ho an'ny ankizy hendry rehetra. |
4 | This traditional holiday rivals Christmas in importance. | Io fety nentim-paharazana io dia mifaninana amin'ny krismasy raha amin'ny lanjany. |
5 | In recent years the role of Zwarte Piet has become part of a recurring debate in The Netherlands as some citizens take offense at holiday costumes with black painted faces. | Tato anatin'ny taona vitsy, ny toeran'i Zwarte Piet dia lasa adihevitra be tao Nederlandy satria nisy olona sasany tezitra amin'ilay fiakanjoana miaraka amin'ny tarehy nolokoina mainty. |
6 | The story goes that the companions of Saint Nicholas are Moors who help carry the presents brought to children when he arrives by boat from Spain. | Ny tantara dia milaza fa ireo naman'i Dadabe noely dia Moors mpifindra monina avy ao Arabia izay nanampy azy nitondra ireo fanomezana nentina ho an'ny ankizy fony izy tonga tamin'ny sambo avy any Espana. |
7 | The tradition continues to be popular, though some have been moved to protest against what they see as racist imagery. | Mbola malaza foana ilay fomba nentim-paharazana, na dia nisy aza ireo nihetsika nanohitra ny zavatra hitany ho maneho fanavakavahana. |
8 | On November 12, 2011 a protester wearing a t-shirt that said ‘Zwarte Piet is racisme' (Black Pete is racism) was arrested in Dordrecht amidst accusations of police brutality. | Ny 12 Novambra 2011, mpanao hetsi-panoherana iray nanao akanjo misy soratra hoe ‘Zwarte Piet is racisme' (na Pete Mainty dia fanavakavahana) no voasabotra tao Dordrecht niaraka tamin'ny filazana herisetran'ny polisy. |
9 | The t-shirt campaign has its own Tumblr blog with photos and a Facebook page with more than 800 followers. | Ilay fanentanana tamin'ilay akanjo dia manana ny bilaogy Tumblr manokana miaraka amin'ny sary ary Pejy Facebook ahitana mpanaraka 800 mahery. |
10 | The blogger at Stuff Dutch People Like wrote in 2010 about the tradition of Zwarte Piet: | Ny taona 2010, ilay bilaogera Stuff Dutch People Like dia nanoratra momba ny fomba nentim-paharazana Zwarte Piet : |
11 | You know it's that time of the year again in Holland, when you are greeted by some Dutch person on the street, whose face is painted completely black and is sporting an afro wig, bright red lips and a ridiculous clown-like costume. | Efa fantatrao fa fotoanany ny tahaka izao ao “Holland”, rehefa arahabain'ny olona sasany ianao eny an-dalana, izay mandoko ny tarehiny mainty tanteraka ary manao solo-volo “afro”, manao loko mena eo amin'ny molony ary manao akanjo toy ny “clown”. |
12 | Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 2008, by Zemistor (CC-BY-ND) | Sinterklaas ary Zwarte Piet, La Haye, Nederlandy, Novambra 2008, avy amin'i Zemistor (CC-BY-ND) |
13 | Dutch graffiti artist and blogger BNE posts some photos of Zwarte Piet, and asks: Is The Dutch Holiday Of Sinterklaas's Tradition Of “Black Pete” Racist?: | Ireo Dutch mpanao graffiti ary ilay bilaogera BNE dia nampakatra sary vitsivitsin'i Zwarte Piet, ary nanontany hoe : Moa ve ny Fialantsasatra ao Hollande momba ny Tomban-drazana Sinterklaas' “Pete Mainty” dia fanavakavahana ? : |
14 | This “tradition” has evolved throughout the years, partially due to increasing protests from groups that find these depictions offensive. | Io “fomban-drazana”io dia nivelatra nanaraka ny taona , amin'ny ampahany avy amin'ny fitombon'ny hetsi-panoherana avy amin'ireo fikambanana izay mahita ireny fanehoana ireny ho mahasosotra . |
15 | Nowadays, it is claimed that the Black face is due to the fact that the helpers have gone through chimneys and as a result, their faces are covered in soot. | Amin'izao fotoana izao nolazaina fa ny tarehy mainty dia avy amin'ny fivoahan-tsetroka izay nandehanan'ireo mpanampy ny dadabe Noely ary vokatr'izany, dia feno loto ny tarehin'izy ireo. |
16 | What again, nobody can clearly explain, is what kind of soot leaves such a uniform and evenly spread residue. | Ary, ny tsy hain'ny maro hazavaina, dia karazana loto toy inona no mamela ranoiray sy mihanaka be toy izao. |
17 | Or worse, why these “chimney dwellers” speak in a fake accent that parodies the Black population of the Dutch former colony of Suriname. | Ny ratsy indrindra dia, maninona ireo “mponina anaty fivoahan-tsetroka” ireo no miteny amin'ny fiteny izay mitovitovy amin'ny an'ny mainty hoditra zanatany Holande avy ao Suriname |
18 | Anthropologist and blogger Martijn de Koning of CLOSER explains in Jolly Black Servant - Tradition and Racism in the Netherlands: | Ilay mpikaroka momba ny tantaran'olombelona sady bilaogera, Martijn de Koning ao amin'ny CLOSER dia manazava ao amin'ny Ilay Andevo Mainty Mahafinaritra - Fomban-drazana sy Fanavakavahana ao Nederlandy : |
19 | I dont expect a change in this tradition very soon. | Tsy ho ato ho ato mihitsy no iandrasako fiovàna amin'io fomban-drazana io. |
20 | It should be clear however that Black Pete is a construction, and invention that has already changed in history. | Fa tokony hazava ihany koa anefa fa i Pete Mainty dia namboarina , ary zavatra noforonina izay efa niova sahady nanaraka ny tantara. |
21 | The current tradition has lost many of negative connotations which is partly positive but the negative side is that this makes the racism more hidden. | Efa betsaka amin'ireo lafiny ratsy no efa very tamin'ilay fomban-drazana izay tsara amin'ny ampahany ihany, saingy ny lafiny ratsy dia izy manarontsarona kokoa ny fanavakavahana. |
22 | Nevertheless, I think this Dutch tradition lends itself perfectly for teaching young children about racism, colonialism and religion throughout history. | Na dia izany aza anefa, mihevitra aho fa io fomban-drazana Holande io dia mety tsara amin'ny fampianarana ny tanora mikasika ny fanavakavahana, ny fanjanahan-tany ary ny finoana amin'ny alalan'ny tantara. |
23 | Maybe that would be a starting point for some change in the future? | Angamba mety ho teboka fanombohan'ny fiovàna amin'ny ho avy izany? |
24 | On travel website Off Track Planet, Anna Starostinetskaya gives this answer to the question, What the F*ck is Zwarte Piet?: | Ao amin'ny vohikala mikarakara fivezivezena Off Track Planet, Anna Starostinetskaya dia manome izao valinteny izao amin'ny fanontaniana hoe , Inona ity Zwarte Piet T** ity? : |
25 | So is Pete a children's tale or a racist figure? | Koa i Pete ve izany dia anganon'ankizy sa fanehoana fanavakavahana? |
26 | We promise no definitive answer exists. | Mino izahay fa tsy misy valinteny raikitra ny amin'izany. |
27 | We're not saying this tradition is not objectifying black people in a racist way and it is understandable that Americans have the strongest feelings on the topic because Zwarte Piet is visually too close to what our racist roots look like. | Tsy milaza izahay hoe tsy mikendry ny mainty hoditra io fomban-drazana io amin'ny fomba fanavakavahana ary azo atao ny manakatra ny fihetseham-po henjankenjan'ny Amerikana amin'io lohahevitra io satria Zwarte Piet dia hita ho mifanakaiky loatra amin'ny fototra mpanavakavaka niaviantsika. |
28 | But Americans must also realize that our own history drives us to apply what we know about our own racist past on traditions that may not have anything in common but black face paint. | Kanefa tokony ho fantatry ny Amerikana fa ny tantaranay manokana dia mitondra anay hampihatra ny zavatra fantatray mikasika ny niainanay fahiny ny resaka fanavakavahana, mety tsy hisy hifandraisany velively amin'izay loko aminty amin'ny tava. |
29 | Although it may be racist in some way, we cannot just superimpose our own racist history atop another country's tradition and say it's the same. | Na dia izany aza dia mety hisy fanavakavahana ihany izany amin'ny lafiny sasany, tsy afaka ny hampifanaingenintsika eo ambonin'ny tantaran'ny fanavakavahantsika ny fomban-drazan'ny firenena hafa ary hilaza isika fa mitovy izany. |
30 | Either way, we hope a happy medium exists that doesn't involve smurfs, midgets or complete Americanization of world traditions. | Na dia izany aza, manantena izahay fa hisy marimaritra iraisana mahafinaritra izay tsy hiteraka fifanolanana , fifanambaniana na fampanarahana ho Amerikana ny fomban-drazan'izao tontolo izao. |
31 | Sinterklaas arrives by boat in Arnhem, November 2011, by Bas Boerman (CC-BY-NC) | Sinterklaas tonga tamin'ny sambo tao Arnhem, Novambra 2011, avy amin' i Bas Boerman (CC-BY-NC) |
32 | On the blog Tiger Beatdown, beneath Flavia's post “If you protest racism during Black Face season in The Netherlands, you will be beaten up and arrested” a comment by Elfe echoes the above: | Tao amin'ilay bilaogy Tiger Beatdown, anatin'ny lahatsoratr'i Flavia “Raha manohitra ny fanavakavahana ianao mandritra ny Fotoanan'ny Tava Mainty ao Nederlandy, dia ho voadaroka sy ho samborina ” fanamarihana iray avy amin'i Elfe manao toy izao : |
33 | I read your post because I needed to understand why I do not find this tradition racist …The “slaves” or “helpers” are you refer to them are not ridicule: these are pages not clowns and they are wearing nice clothes, they are not parading around half naked with a bone across their nostrils like some savages (or like Josephine Baker and her banana skirt). | Mamaky ny lahatsoratrao aho satria te-hahalala ny antony tsy ahitako fanavakavahana amin'io fomban-drazana io …Ireo “Andevo” na “mpanampy” izay resahinareo ireo dia tsy mampihomehy : mpisehatra ireo fa tsy mpanao hatsikana ary tsara ny akanjony, tsy mikarenjy mitafy tapaka sy nisy taolana mitsivalana eny amin'ny orony toy ny olon-dia (na toa an'i Josephine Baker sy ny zipo akondrony). |
34 | … Like “Tintin in the Congo” the Zwarte Piets are a reminder of the past. | … Toa an'i “Tintin tao Congo” ilay Zwarte Piets dia fahatsiarovana ny lasa. |
35 | … I know it is very insulting for Blacks in America to see White people with their face painted in black (but it took me to live in the US to understand why: a period when black were not even allowed to play their own role in theater). | … Fantatro fa mahasosotra be ho an'ny mainty hoditra any Amerika ny mahita fotsy hoditra mandoko ny tarehiny ho mainty (kanefa ny niainako tao Amerika dia nahalalako ny antony hoe : nisy fotoana tsy namelana ny mainty hoditra hilalao ny anjara toerany ao aminà tantara an-dapihazo ). |
36 | …Like the rappers who have decided to own the N word we can just ignore this tradition if it annoys us, personally I could not care less. | …Toy ireo mpanao rap izay nanapa-kevitra hitompo ny teny N dia afaka odiantsika fanina io fomban-drazana io raha manelingelina antsika , raha izaho manokana dia tsy miraharaha an'izany . |
37 | Being African I don't see the Zwarte Piets as Blacks (they don't look like me or like any African I know) … To feel insulted by them you really need to have a really poor self-esteem. | Amin'ny maha Afrikana ahy tsy mijery ny Zwarte Piets ho mainty hoditra aho (tsy mitovy amiko na ireo Afrikana fantatro izy ireo) … Ny fahatsapanao fahasorenana noho ny ataon'izy ireo dia ilàna midika fahakelezan'ny fahatokisan-tena ao aminao. |
38 | Sorry for being politically incorrect… | Mialatsiny fa tsy misy fanajàna loatra ara-politika aho. … |