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Bloemencorso Zundert
On the first Sunday of September a Dutch village parades huge sculptures made only of dahlias.
What happens
Zundert, the birthplace of Vincent van Gogh, has held a flower parade since 1936. Twenty hamlets compete, each building one float in a tent over the summer and growing its own dahlias. The floats are large moving sculptures, and many are pushed by people hidden inside. In the last three days volunteers nail and glue on the flower heads, working through the night because dahlias do not keep. The parade runs on the first Sunday of September, and the floats stay on view on the Monday.
The flowers
Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Bloemencorso Zundert" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Flower parade: Foto van Hassel BV, CC BY-SA 3.0, source