Definitely he or she is still very black here. In many places zwarte piet now has charcoal smudges over the face, because she or he climbs in and out of chimne

Definitely he or she is still very black here. In many places zwarte piet now has charcoal smudges over the face, because she or he climbs in and out of chimneys to deliver presents to kids. Strange fact, on Curacao zwarte Piet is painted extra black and Sinterklaas is painted white [0], at least on some occasions. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=curacao+zwarte+piet&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fimages0.persgroep.net%2Frcs%2FckuWo3OgnwE3DEqa2mz9cPHXwSw%2Fdiocontent%2F72925122%2F_crop%2F0%2F749%2F1580%2F893%2F_fitwidth%2F763%3FappId%3De9b4e2a1869038ffcaf318a6d1463b0b%26quality%3D0.8 https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=curacao+zwarte+piet&iax=ima... Original black face will go away (which makes me happy), but not over night.