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The label is set in green and red colors, which are the official colors of the city of Brussels. Mannekin Pis is wearing a hat that is a typical style for all student associations (French: ''Cercles''). Each year, the Mannekin Pis is dressed up in this manner for Saint V day, a Brussels holiday in which students take the day to celebrate the founding of the Free University of Brussels (French: ''Université Libre de Bruxelles'' or ULB, Dutch: ''Vrije Universiteit Brussel'' or VUB) which split into two universities in 1970 but which still work closely with each other. | The label is set in green and red colors, which are the official colors of the city of Brussels. Mannekin Pis is wearing a hat that is a typical style for all student associations (French: ''Cercles''). Each year, the Mannekin Pis is dressed up in this manner for Saint V day, a Brussels holiday in which students take the day to celebrate the founding of the Free University of Brussels (French: ''Université Libre de Bruxelles'' or ULB, Dutch: ''Vrije Universiteit Brussel'' or VUB), which split into two universities in 1970 but which still work closely with each other. | ||
St. V day is celebrated every November 20th. The day's name, commonly referred to as St. V (French: Saint-Verhaegen, Dutch: Sint-Verhaegen) honors Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen who founded the university. Verhaegen was not, however, a canonized saint. The original event dates back to 1888 when a group of approximately 200 students walked out in protest against a reorganization of the university's philosophy of the ''libre examen'' (free exam), which is a philosophical ideology which advocates the rejection of the argument of authority in matters of knowledge and freedom of judgment. | St. V day is celebrated every November 20th. The day's name, commonly referred to as St. V (French: Saint-Verhaegen, Dutch: Sint-Verhaegen) honors Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen who founded the university. Verhaegen was not, however, a canonized saint. The original event dates back to 1888 when a group of approximately 200 students walked out in protest against a reorganization of the university's philosophy of the ''libre examen'' (free exam), which is a philosophical ideology which advocates the rejection of the argument of authority in matters of knowledge and freedom of judgment. | ||