Carnival
It’s carnival time here in the Netherlands. Everybody not living in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany then thinks about the Brazilian version of those women in g-strings and big feather on their heads, but the Dutch version is a little bit different.
From Saturday till Tuesday, the complete south of the Netherlands is intoxicated with way to much alcohol and to have an excuse to be drunk they dress like chickens, nuns, farmers and other strange persons. The music they put on is of the worst kind you can imagine, but I guess that if you only listen to it when completely drunk, it is just bearable.
As you can imagine I’m more of a fan to the Brazilian version then the Dutch version, but then again it’s a lot of fun for the kids as well. So we decided to dress up the family and go visit some kids festivals.
Two afternoons of fun for the kids was pretty nice to do. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed themselves being a pirate and a cowgirl/princess. As parents we couldn’t go in our normal clothes, so we ended up in some pretty good matching costumes for ourselves.
To get yourself an impression about Carnival in the Netherlands you can visit this link to see the most popular song during this carnival and watch here to get a general impression of Carnival over here.
Next time we visit Rio…
