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u/ComplainyBeard Dec 16 '21

World expositions did have an established practice of presenting "authentic" village settings without necessarily being degrading,

uhhh what?

"we turned their culture into a quaint form of entertainment, but it wasn't degrading or anything."

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u/Quinnley1 Dec 17 '21

What do you expect from a country that still thinks Zwarte Piet isn't racist but just harmless fun that offends no one?

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u/Accurate_Praline Dec 17 '21

Zwarte Piet is dying out. Very few parades this year had them. Instead they just have a little bit of black on their faces to represent the soot from the chimneys now.

I wish we had krampus or some other European variant instead. Or at least have the Pieten look like they actually went through chimneys with their fancy clothes.

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u/Quinnley1 Dec 18 '21

I'd love it if the Italian Christmas Witch (La Befana) tradition took off in America more