Aloïs and Zenobie depict a fishing couple and were created in 1908 on the occasion of a propaganda party. After a while, they disappeared without a trace.
On the initiative of the carnival group De Zeekring, which traditionally marched in the procession dressed as pirates, Aloïs and Zenobie were reborn as a privateer's family on 11 September 1949.
Who is Aloïs?
Aloïs’ face is based on an old fisherman from De Panne: father Vyaene. He is 4.20 m tall, wears a black eye patch and has an anchor tattooed on his right hand. The giant is holding a pirate's sword.
Who is Zenobie?
Zenobie, Aloïs’ wife, is 4 m tall and carries a treasure chest in her hands: the loot of their piracy.
