Holland is predominantly famous for 2
things, the first is that it’s one of the best places to live in the
world (and most liberal), secondly they are the envy of the world when
it comes to flowers. They have fields of flowers so famous in fact, that
tourists flock to them each year.
So it’s not surprising really that
Zundert, a country town in the heart of Noord Brabant should be host to
what is now the biggest and most impressive flower parade the world has
ever seen.
It’s called Bloemencorso, with each entry
being a float made entirely of flowers, but not just any flowers – they
can only be dahlias. That’s the only rule – you can create, design and
bring to life anything you like. The town and local judges then vote for
their favourite flower floats and the winners are celebrated, with
their works lauded around town until it all begins again the following
year. Organized since 1936, the festival takes place on every 1st Sunday
of September and is nothign short of Spectacular!
Every year, the parade consists of around
20 different floats, the construction of which is non-commercial and
totally volunteer. The massive master pieces, created from dahlias only,
are put during the summer by the neighborhoods of a town that’s home to
20.000 people only.
As you can imagine, it takes A LOT of
work and even more dedication. Hundreds of people collaborate to
construct each float, tediously working away wrapping wire, sticks,
glue, cardboard not to mention thousands of flowers together to create
these gigantic and jaw-dropping creations. Every year the likes of fish,
vampires, tigers & even meerkats got their day in the sun – which
makes you wonder more you would get to see in the next few years.
If you’re in the Netherlands and are
planning on attendinging this eye-catching event, you’d better be there
between September 1 & 2 – as that’s the confirmed date for the 2013
show.
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