Carnival is mainly celebrated “below the big rivers” as there are the Rhine, the Maas and the Waal, so in short the south part of the Netherlands. But it doesn’t keep other parts of the Netherlands from celebrating it too, although it doesn’t really lives under the population as in the south. So also in Utrecht are a lot of closed societies were carnival is a festival to look forward too.
The towns and villages, in which carnival is celebrated, get another name during the carnival days. Utrecht is called Leemput ( verbatim: clay well).
Today the festival started at the statue of Trijn van Leemput (+/- 1530-1607), a female Utrecht resistance fighter at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War against the Spanish Empire.
She got a garland (bloemenkrans) around her neck.
The towns and villages, in which carnival is celebrated, get another name during the carnival days. Utrecht is called Leemput ( verbatim: clay well).
Today the festival started at the statue of Trijn van Leemput (+/- 1530-1607), a female Utrecht resistance fighter at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War against the Spanish Empire.
She got a garland (bloemenkrans) around her neck.
One hour later, the procession with Prince Carnaval and his retinue (gevolg) went to the townhall. At 12:08 PM Mayor Aleid Wolfsen handed the “Key of the City” to Prince Martijn XXXIV.
You see the Prince with the “Golden Key” on an cord on his chest. The Mayor -in the middle -applauds, happy ( when I know him well) that this ceremony has almost come to an end :).
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