If you're interested and if you want to understand the rest of this post, it's wise to read this on Wikipedia.
The Dutch only really celebrate carnaval in the southern parts of The Netherlands, where I was born and raised. But because I have a mother from Suriname and a father from Amsterdam it was not a festivity we were taught to celebrate. My sister caught the bug much later when she was a teenager but I've never been a carnaval lover much myself. For instance, I hate the music (they have special carnaval music and it's horrible) and I don't like what it turned into; a drinking feast and a how many people can I jump feast. But I do like the whole hoopla of the parade and the announcing of the Prince. I also like the dressing up part of carnaval.
This picture is the prove that I celebrated carnaval at least once in my existence. I was dressed up like Winnie Mandela, Marijn was Rambo, Linda someone from Kiss and Audrey was Heidi ... LOL!!
The Bo and I are still not celebrating carnaval. We just watched the parade and now we're back home getting warm. I planted some peonies and lupinus today and I'm going to make some sushi after finishing this post. Life is sweet in our humble home while, literally, just around the corner they're getting drunk and off with someone else's wife! What a bizarre contrast. |
