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Sietse Bakker

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11/Nov 2005 at 15:50

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[UPD] Manneken Pis in Junior shirt!

Manneken Pis, one of Belgium's most famous attractions, will be wearing a white shirt with the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest logo in the week prior to the event. The participating delegations will visit the little boy as well.
Manneken Pis is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a 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 statue was at one time used to dispense liquor. A detailed overview of the 'indecent' attraction can be found here. The costumes are changed according to a schedule managed by the non-profit association Les Amis de Manneken-Pis, in ceremonies that are often accompanied by brass band music. When the boy's stream is turned on after dressing, the build-up of pressure after such a long abstinence can lead to bystanders being sprinkled, to general delight. 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. Update: picture added (source: VRT/RTBF)

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Alexandru Busa [esctoday.com editor]
Sat 12 Nov 2005 20:20:08

Is very interesting :)

:LOL: you don't have what to do????

What is that????

The world ends now!!!!


James Donovan [23471]
Fri 11 Nov 2005 11:20:15

all full videoclips are online at url=www.junioreurovision.tv]www.junioreurovision.tv/url] !!!


Jesse Kuiper [17503]
Wed 9 Nov 2005 00:22:25

I've been there too, man what a crowd there!

By the way Brussels has had a Manneken Pis since 1619, but in Geraardsbergen they were more than one and a half century earlier: 1459!


Björn Lindkvist [29463]
Tue 8 Nov 2005 20:46:10

I have visited the statue in summer 2003 when I was in Brussels. It's quiet funny but I belive that many Belgiums will think it is riddiculus.


Eric Larsson [27317]
Tue 8 Nov 2005 20:22:03

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah ahahahahahahahah....HA


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