{"id":10106,"date":"2026-05-11T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10106"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:02:23","slug":"brussels-famous-manneken-pis-statue-marks-romanian-traditional-costume-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10106","title":{"rendered":"Brussels\u2019 famous Manneken Pis statue marks Romanian Traditional Costume Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The well-known Manneken Pis statue in Brussels was dressed in the traditional Romanian costume of a c\u0103lu\u0219ar dancer to mark Romanian Traditional Costume Day on Sunday, May 10.\u00a0The outfit was presented on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02en6KCvRc6in3Bk5d2pnT1zEkERsAgz57nQ1x8QgGkR7e1B3X9Uovwc66rZ4iRvLl&amp;id=100064783986553\">Facebook page<\/a> of the Romanian Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bronze little boy was dressed in authentic c\u0103lu\u0219ar clothing and received Romania\u2019s tricolor ribbons. The C\u0103lu\u0219, the ritual dance accompanied by this costume, has been included since 2005 in UNESCO\u2019s intangible cultural heritage of humanity list.<\/p>\n<p>Manneken Pis, which in Dutch means \u201cLittle Boy Peeing,\u201d is also known by the French name \u201cPetit Julien.\u201d The statue was installed in 1618. There are four legends connected to Manneken Pis, the most widespread being the one according to which the little boy, through his gesture, extinguished a fire that was about to engulf the entire city.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition of dressing the statue dates back at least to the 17th century, and after World War I, the statue received a new costume every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wardrobe of Manneken Pis, one of the most famous clothing collections in the world, currently includes around 1,000 costumes, each inventoried and preserved as a work of art, as an integral part of the heritage of the City of Brussels.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0Ambasada Rom\u00e2niei \u00een Regatul Belgiei on Facebook)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The well-known Manneken Pis statue in Brussels was dressed in the traditional Romanian costume of a c\u0103lu\u0219ar dancer to mark Romanian Traditional Costume Day on Sunday, May 10.\u00a0The outfit was presented on the Facebook page of the Romanian Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium.\u00a0 The bronze little boy was dressed in authentic c\u0103lu\u0219ar clothing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}