Brussels stops with black make-up tradition after criticism

brussels - Brussels stops a more than 140-year-old tradition in which black-painted people, 'Noirauds', raise money for less fortunate children. The charitable folklore dates back to 1876 when a...

The VRT reported Friday that the organization after criticism has decided not to raise people with black painted faces more. Black face paint is still used, but next to yellow and red, so that the colors of the Belgian flag appear on the faces.