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Celebrating Belgium style

Posted on 28. Apr, 2004 by Cassandra in Totally Whack

The world celebrated South Africa’s 10 years of democracy with us yesterday.

In Belgium, the citizens decided that the best way to honour former president Nelson Mandela was to dress up their famous little statue…Manneken Pis…just like Madiba.

An honour indeed.

‘On special occasions the statue is dressed in a costume. His wardrobe now consists of several hundreds of different costumes. According to an article posted in the History section of http://www.manneken-pis.com, the statue once was used to dispense liquor.

Photos of the statue in close-up often give a false impression of its size; some tourists are disappointed to find it much smaller than expected.’