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Today JoAnn's Theme for ABC wednesday :
M is for Manneken Pis in BRUSSEL,
We were visiting Brussel last weekend, BRUSSSEL is also known for its famous BELGIAN great tasting Chocolate's!!! But more about Brussel this coming week. keep watching my blog.
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Above: Manneken Pis in BRUSSEL
(Dutch for little man pee) is a Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. On many occasions the statue is dressed in a costume. His wardrobe now consists of several hundred different costumes. The costumes are changed according to a schedule managed by the non-profit association The Friends of Manneken-Pis, in ceremonies that are often accompanied by brass band music.
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Other Manneken Pis statues : in Geraardbergen ...
Although the Manneken Pis van Brussel is the best-known, others exist. Similar statues can be found in the Belgian cities of Geraardsbergen, Hasselt, Ghent and in the North French village of Broxeele, a town with the same etymology as Brussels. There is an ongoing dispute over which Manneken Pis is the oldest - the one in Brussels or the one in Geraardsbergen.
Although the Manneken Pis van Brussel is the best-known, others exist. Similar statues can be found in the Belgian cities of Geraardsbergen, Hasselt, Ghent and in the North French village of Broxeele, a town with the same etymology as Brussels. There is an ongoing dispute over which Manneken Pis is the oldest - the one in Brussels or the one in Geraardsbergen.
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Replicas from other "Manneken Pis":
In many countries, replicas in brass or fiberglass are ommonplace swimming- or garden-pool ecorations. Manneken Pis has also been adapted as a risqué souvenir corkscrew.In September 2002 a Belgian waffle-maker in Florida set up a replica in front of his waffle stand in the Fashion Square Mall in Orlando, Florida. The Belgian owner recalled the legend as 'the boy who saved Brussels from fire by extinguishing it with his urine' (confusing the legend with an incident in Gulliver's Travels perhaps). Some shocked shoppers made a formal complaint. Mall officials said that the waffle-shop owner Assayag did not follow procedures when he put up the statue and was in violation of his lease.In contrast to this reaction, there is another replica of the statue in Rio de Janeiro, in front of the quarters of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, a famous football club from Brazil. There, the presence of the statue is taken lightly, and the statue has even been adopted as a mascot by the club. The fans usually dress it with the club's jersey after important wins.In the Netherlands, there is a small chain of chip shops called Mannekin Pis.Many more copies exist worldwide as garden ornaments.
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That's a very nice and cute M to day:) Great choice! Well done:)
Now this one caught me by surprize ... I thaught the Brussels statue was the one and only one, and afterall there are a few more and a dispute on who haves the oldest statue.
Great post JoAnn.
ha ha , beautiful captures and neat post and..... sorry I have to go for......
Het is leuk photos :D
Hope you have time visit my M Thanks
For the BLOG-readers :
Thanks for commenting, If you know anything more about this MANNEKEN PIS history statues , for example in your countrie, I would like to know that too. but for now about this MANNEKEN PIS:
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This is all the information I know!
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Have fun with watching the photo's and reading the background info.
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Visit also my Photo-website: www.joannwalraven.com, greetings Joann
LOL... I thought you were taking the p.. micky at first.. LOL.
as I was looking those statues, I felt the need to go to ....wc (sorry)
Love this post JoAnn! The little statue is cute and I like the fact that they put clothes on it.
I would love a hunk of chocolate right now!
This was a great post. I learned a lot of new history.
Thanks for sharing the information.
Terrific photos. Well done.
Martha says the little boy is nice, but let's hear more about the Belgian chocolate. ;o
I never knew there were so many! Learned something again. Thank you!!
Yes it works.
Nice web page.
Go for it.
Very nice M post!
Cute and charming fellows here. ;)
Ida
hahahasome comment are so funny,
*Texas, yes yes
* Texas For Martha, Yes I will post some chocolate for yu
* also dsoem chocolate for DOT,
*Evlahos, Now I understand,
*QUINT THNAKS again you are a reall friend!
*Tom eh ?Micky? uuh what do you mean?,
*Picture< I will visit yours too,
*Pernille Thanks
Thanks for your visit
JoAnn
Beautiful pictures - but hold on a minute - I'll be back in a moment...
LOL!
Great post!
Petunia's ABC
Great shots and a very good M post!
LOL
Cute photos of the statues. Never been to Belgium before. The only connection I have will be the Belgium chocolates available here. :) Hope to learn more of Belgium from your posts.
Great post, now we know the name of the statue.
My M is up
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I love this little statue/fountain, it's so cute. And, the outfits they put on the statues on each side are also entertaining. Here in Wichita there was a house with a concrete duck on the porch, and each season it would have a change of outfits (dresses, aprons, hats, etc). When it was raining it had on a raincoat and hat, and when it was springtime and a sunny day, a sun bonnet and floral print dress. It was always fun to check out the ducks change of clothes.
You have many great photos, but if I was to pick my favorite - it would be this one. Glad I came by for a visit.
I was sure surprised about how small he was when I first saw him....a long walk to see such a "little guy"!!
Well, never did I expect to see a statue urinating in public and people proud of it. It's a private thing and should be kept that way. I don't think I could even post a photo of it on MY blog. But is goes for the letter M so . . .
I am late as usual, I want chocolate too. With a coffee, please. Cute little guy. I truly love traveling with you, I always get to pack very light. :)
The last photo is really cute and interesting.
Alexander
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex
Yes, there are certainly many copies around, like of many of the world famous statues. Did you know and see his "sister", not too far away on the other side of Grand'Place I believe?
A famous wee statue indeed! I didn't know of the others.
Thanks for commenting,
I start with my answers reaktion from the bottom to top:
* Dragon, I found out later too,
* Peter, No where is she?
* Alex, Yes I thought the same,
* Judi (gmj) Yeh i like you as my company too, want some Choc?
* Paulie , well I posted this only for the M, I understand your idea,
* Rebecca, Yes little stautue but so famous... Long way to see it
* hey Wendy, Thanks I think stautues are your favorites though i saw them amny times on your 'interesting' blog,
*Outhouse yeh we can be 'strange' in Europe haha!
*Alice Its always fun to travel , like you say, i always learn so much myself too.
*Thanks John,
*Thanks Petunia,
* Runee take care, see you :)
Thanks for your interest, I'll show soon some more about my travels:)
i remember him ....:) they even had a bakery next to the statue by that name :)
Lots of memories on this one. Me and my friends stayed in a hotel very close by manneke pies in my great twenties.
Great choice of 'M"...and Music !
Miss Yves
More entertaining and delightful photos from you! lol Thank you.
Don't remember exactly, but there is one (more recent), "Jaenicke Pis"?
Do you know that there is also a female one of Manneke Pis in Brussels : Jeanneke Pis. You can find pictures in my blog if you like
Beautiful posting
You know I often visit Brussels and love that city. A visit to see this charming little boy is a must of course and you've capture him so well - thanks for sharing and taking me down the memory lane!
cute pic. The policeman is guarding him
Wat voor interessante info lees ik allemaal niet over manneken pis! Geraardsbergen wist ik uiteraard, maar al die replica's... amaai! Anders wel een klein manneken,hé? Dat is een opmerking dat je van veel toeristen hoort
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