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When I say Holland....
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on July 14, 2006, 06:51:33 am ---It's quite appropriate though, isn't it? :laugh:
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I was reading this post about wooden shoes/clogs/klompen and suddenly a memory of my trip to the Netherlands, along with a question popped into my mind.
When we were in the Netherlands, I saw very few people wearing klompen. In fact, about the only place I remember seeing people wearing them was in a couple of small towns in Zeeland.
I was wondering if there are any areas in the Netherlands one can find people still wearing the klompen, baggy pants, lace caps etc..?
Like I said, I saw very few people wearing traditional Dutch clothing when I was there, and my trip to the Netherlands was at least 25 years ago.
I also remember seeing a few fisherman wearing klompen. I had an unpleasant experience with a fish during this stop at the docks. :P
But that is a different story. :)
David In Indy:
Hmmm... Does this silence mean I was the only Dutch person in this forum over the weekend?
Or should I take it as a "no" answer. Have they stopped wearing traditional Dutch clothing throughout the Netherlands? Even in Zeeland?
Lieve Hemel! :(
I hope this is not the case.
What is happening to my Mother Country? :'(
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 17, 2006, 01:04:51 am ---Hmmm... Does this silence mean I was the only Dutch person in this forum over the weekend?
Or should I take it as a "no" answer. Have they stopped wearing traditional Dutch clothing throughout the Netherlands? Even in Zeeland?
Lieve Hemel! :(
I hope this is not the case.
What is happening to my Mother Country? :'(
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Pretty much, yeah, I'm sorry to say this, in some conservative villages they still wear them, and sometimes only for the tourists... Did I just burst your bubble? I hope not.... :(
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on July 17, 2006, 06:28:26 am ---Pretty much, yeah, I'm sorry to say this, in some conservative villages they still wear them, and sometimes only for the tourists... Did I just burst your bubble? I hope not.... :(
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No, you didn't burst my bubble. I was pretty sure this was the case. I remember after we left Arnhem and Nijmegen we went to Eindhoven, and then took a train to Rotterdam. We did stop in Zeeland for a day or two (one night I think) along with a quick one day trip to Amsterdam. So, with the exception of Amsterdam, I only saw the southern half of the country. I wasn't too sure about the nothern half though. The only time I saw anyone in national costume was in Zeeland.
Everything is changing I guess. It's been 25 or 30 years since I have been to the Netherlands and I saw very little evidence of it then. So it doesn't surprise me to hear it.
An overseas friend asked me once if we (me and my People... I am one quarter Lakota Sioux) still wear headdresses! I told him people rarely even wear national costume on the Reservations anymore, except during powwows and things like that. Most Native American kids on the reservations dress just like any other American or Western kids... tee shirts, Levi jeans, Addidas shoes and a baseball cap! Most Native Americans do not even speak the old languages anymore. I guess this is why I am trying so hard to learn Lakota. I hate to think of this language dying out altogether.
Owh han to-ka-ha iska nah-ceh-ceh (So sad but so true). :(
Bigheart:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on July 17, 2006, 06:28:26 am ---Pretty much, yeah, I'm sorry to say this, in some conservative villages they still wear them, and sometimes only for the tourists... Did I just burst your bubble? I hope not.... :(
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And in Volendam they still wear them but mainly for the tourists. You can even get your picture taken wearing traditional Dutch clothing. LOL!!
A lot of farmers in Holland wear clogs around the farm, they are a bit different from the touristy clogs though :)
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