{"id":3930,"date":"2016-02-09T03:50:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T03:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2016-02-09T03:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T03:50:17","slug":"4-things-to-know-about-maastricht-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/4-things-to-know-about-maastricht-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things To Know About Maastricht Carnival!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. The\u00a0<em>Vastelaovendsleedsje 2016<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mestreech 2016 - Confetti -\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fvZYeLQw1Gc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every year, a\u00a0<em>Vastelaovendsleedsje\u00a0<\/em>(&#8220;Carnival song&#8221; in the Maastricht dialect) is chosen. This year, it is\u00a0<em>Confetti\u00a0<\/em>by the\u00a0carnival band\u00a0<em>de Zes K\u00f6p<\/em> (&#8220;The six heads&#8221; in the dialect). However, it is not played much during Carnival! Just today, while walking around \u00a0a few hours through Maastricht, I heard one song many times over:\u00a0<em>De K\u00f6rk\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0<em>Fabrizio:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Videoclip: Fabrizio - De K\u00f6rk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_8Kb0KIp2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The text of the refrain, in\u00a0<em>Limburgs<\/em>, Dutch and in an English translation:<\/p>\n<p>Jao daan riete veer de k\u00f6rk oet die fles (<em>Ja, daar gaat weer de kurk uit de fles\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Yeah, there goes the cork out the bottle again)<br \/>\nPolonaise op de beat vaan &#8216;t orkes (<em>Polonaise op de beat van het orkest\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Conga line on the beat of the band)<br \/>\nEn de frietewagel maak vaanalles klaor (<em>En de frietwagen maakt van alles klaar &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>And the fries tent makes all kinds of things)<br \/>\nUt weurt hei esmer groeter en mer gekker eeder jaor (<em>Het wordt alsmaar groter en gekker ieder jaar\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; It is getting ever bigger and crazier every year).<\/p>\n<p>This year,\u00a0<em>Fabrizio\u00a0<\/em>has another hit:\u00a0<em>Roetewisser\u00a0<\/em>(<em>Ruitenwisser<\/em> &#8211; window wipers):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fabrizio - Roetewisser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwFQrSTvIIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>2. The\u00a0<em>Zate Hermeniekes<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carnival: Zate Hermenie in Maastricht\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIahb1bA9TU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Zate Hermenie\u00a0<\/em>can be translated to a &#8220;Drunk Marching Brass Band&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drunk&#8221;, because it is Carnival, and well, it is the time to drink\u00a0<em>a lot<\/em>. Of course, not all <em>Zate Hermeniekes\u00a0<\/em>play while drunk, but I am sure some do.\u00a0You can judge that by just listening to the music. If it is bad, you know the answer!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marching&#8221;, because the bands are going all across Maastricht, even through\u00a0the\u00a0smallest\u00a0alleys (they make it fit! See the video above).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brass&#8221;, because most band members have brass instruments, and brass instruments are, next to the accordion, the most heard instruments during Carnival.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, &#8220;Band&#8221;, because the\u00a0<em>Zate Hermeniekes\u00a0<\/em>are marching in groups, every member\u00a0with their own instrument.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Zate Hermeniekes\u00a0<\/em>are there first and foremost to have fun. However, they also stand for<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. The\u00a0<em>Mooswief\u00a0<\/em>represents a\u00a0market vendor<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3932\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3932\" aria-label=\"IMG 3502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\" wp-image-3932\"  alt=\"The Mooswief, hung up during Carnival on the Vrijthof.\" width=\"533\" height=\"428\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502.jpg 3327w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-350x281.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-1024x823.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mooswief, hung up during Carnival on the Vrijthof.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During Carnival, the\u00a0<em>Mooswief\u00a0<\/em>is hung up on the first day, the Sunday. She is a market vendor, who represents the common people. To put her up on a stick reflects a theme of Carnival: everything that is normally high, is now low. And the other way around. This is the reason why the prince of Carnival is just a normal guy, nobody special. Somebody normal like a market vendor becomes special during these days, and is therefore put up, to symbolize this converse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3931\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3931\" aria-label=\"IMG 3573 E1454988401855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3931\" class=\" wp-image-3931\"  alt=\"The sculpture representing the market lady on the Market Square in Maastricht. During Carnival, she wears a wreath.\" width=\"531\" height=\"796\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3573-e1454988401855-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sculpture representing the market lady on the Market Square in Maastricht. During Carnival, she wears a wreath.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sculpture on the <em>Markt<\/em>, the square where a market is held every Wednesday and Friday,\u00a0is a symbol for this\u00a0<em>Mooswief<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>4.\u00a0<em>Alaaf\u00a0<\/em>is not done in Maastricht<\/h3>\n<p><em>Alaaf<\/em>, a very common word used in Carnival, especially in German Carnival around\u00a0<em>Keulen<\/em> (Cologne), is not used at all in Maastricht Carnival. So if you go to Maastricht &#8211; don&#8217;t use\u00a0<em>Alaaf!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you celebrating Carnival this year? Where? And how?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-350x281.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-350x281.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/02\/IMG_3502-1024x823.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>1. The\u00a0Vastelaovendsleedsje 2016 Every year, a\u00a0Vastelaovendsleedsje\u00a0(&#8220;Carnival song&#8221; in the Maastricht dialect) is chosen. This year, it is\u00a0Confetti\u00a0by the\u00a0carnival band\u00a0de Zes K\u00f6p (&#8220;The six heads&#8221; in the dialect). However, it is not played much during Carnival! Just today, while walking around \u00a0a few hours through Maastricht, I heard one song many times over:\u00a0De K\u00f6rk\u00a0by\u00a0Fabrizio: The text&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/4-things-to-know-about-maastricht-carnival\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":3932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713],"tags":[1991,2201,406602,350211,168],"class_list":["post-3930","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","tag-carnival","tag-holiday","tag-karnaval","tag-vakantie","tag-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"4 things you need to know about Maastricht carnival - Happy Carnival!\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sten\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"fabrizio,vastelaovend,carnival,karneval,carnaval,nederland,netherlands,party,celebration,holiday,karnaval,vakantie,video\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/4-things-to-know-about-maastricht-carnival\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dutch Language Blog | Language and Culture of the Dutch-Speaking World\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Things To Know About Maastricht Carnival! 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