Dutch Traditions by Ellen Kok

Dutch Traditions

Linschoten, The Netherlands

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Sep 9, 2023

Dressed in folkloric costume, clothing from the 19nd century, and wearing wooden shoes, the members of a Dutch ochestra play on their accordions, clarinet and trombone during the annual Open Monuments Day in the village of Linschoten in the Netherlands, a day on which historical buildings are open to the public and old traditions, like the wooden shoes dance, are relived. Normally, contrary to what tourists might expect, Dutch people don’t walk on wooden shoes anymore.

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