@conradt started a new challenge, the 7-days culture challenge. In this challenge you have to write about things that are typical for the culture of your country. I was nominated by him which I think is great because there is so much to write about culture and I would like to read about different cultures to see possible resembles or the opposite.. great way to get to know eachother and our backgrounds even better..
Wooden shoes
If you ask a tourist what they know about Holland then ofen they say "Windmill's and Wooden shoes" ...
Wooden Shoes, in Holland they call them "Klompen" , go way back to the Middle Ages. They were made as a cheap way of footwear for farmers and workers. There are several designs but mostly it's a open shoe made out of wood with a round top upfront.
Walking with wooden shoes demand a certain technique because the shoes is quite heavy and when you lift your foot the 'klom' can easely fall down. You have to bow your toes a bit to keep the 'klomp' at your foot.
Although I personal have never owned a pair of Klompen, in our surrounding (the east of Holland) still a lot of people wear them. Of course at the farm, but also youth when they go to a festival or so.. Especially festivals like "De Zwarte Cross" , this festival is also in the east of holland and a lot of farmer kids visit this festival.. The people who organize this festival are also from a farmers family..
I would like to nominate:
@breakoutthecrazy
@broncnutz
@flamingirl
The Rules
- Write a post about an aspect of your culture - e.g. food, arts, dance, economy, money, governement etc
- Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated
- Mention three people who should do this on each day.
- Tag it with #7dayculturechallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post
- Include a picture of something from your culutre related to yoru story if possible
- Post these rules at the bottom of your post
Have a great weekend !!
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We call then clogs. I expect they were practical footwear for poor people. I do think of them as a Dutch thing, but I expect there are variations in other countries
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There indeed are, and i've read some articles which stated that they are thought of a typical Dutch shoe, but that in other countries they also used these shoes for the poorer people and that they are not typical Dutch :)
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