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I saw a parade last Saturday and I was wondering if that's a tradition or if there's any cultural significance as to why the men were wearing those costumes and had their face and hands painted. You can see the tip I wrote about it here: "A parade we found" - Brussels Local Custom Tip by marielexoteria (alternatively on my Brussels page, local customs). Sorry for the self promotion, it was unintentional but I wanna be able to write a little more about it. TIA
TIA, I don't know the answer to your question but it seems as if it's for Manneken-Pis. This Folk Hero of Brussels is always getting costumes for various reasons, something like 800 changes he has. The parade could have been for one of those events?
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Possibly, as far as we know there wasn't anything scheduled and since Manneken Pis had a similar costume... By the way: TIA = thanks in advance. Thank you so much for your answer :)
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>>>By the way: TIA = thanks in advance LOL!! Sorry Mariel!! Guess I'm a bit behind on this type of shorthand. Well, I found this on a search, but couldn't find the exact text of it. Also, there was something about a Guinesse parade, but that didn't seem to fit. "On Saturday 13 March 2010, from 9 am till noon, Manneken-Pis receives the ... the Zombie Parade that is part of the Brussels International Fantastic Film ... www.brussels.be/artdet.cfm?id=4004" Is that the Saturday that you saw it?
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Yes!!!!! Thanks so much for this info!!
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