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South of Holland
Noord-Brabant
Noord-Brabant
In the south but called north?
Noord-Brabant
In the south but called north?
Zuid-Brabant (South-Brabant) now belongs to Belgium
Noord-Brabant Its own dialect Soft G
Example “Big” “Groot”
Noord-Brabant
The farmers of the Netherlands
People : 2.440.000
Cows : 660.000 Pigs : 5.500.000Chickens :
26.000.000
Kapital: ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Noord-Brabant – Farmers Paradise
Noord-Brabant – Crops
Sports – Motorcross Jeffrey Herlings – Motorcross World Champion of 2012 & 2013
Sports – Trekkertrek Tractor Pulling
Sports – Dakar Rally
Sports – Boeren Golf - Farmers way of playing golf
Heeze - Region Eindhoven I am from Heeze near Eindhoven
Small village: 9.950 people
Heeze◦ Castle◦ Windmill◦ Heiden
Region Eindhoven - Smartest region of the world! (2011)
- boeren verstand horse sense
Heeze - Within the smartest region of the world!
- The most fun village of Noord-Branbant!
by radio DJ Giel Beelen
Habitants : 9.950
Votes : 10.572.147
Helmond - Also within the smartest region of the world?!
Helmond Sport Couplet 3
Aan het eind van ut seizoen,
Op de vierde plats belant.
De nacompetitie,
Die wonnen we bekant.
Da ken os toch niks skele,
We bouwen un feestje want,
We hebben de meeste rooien kaarten van heel Nederland!
Verse 3
At the end of the season,
We ranked number 4.
The play-offs,
We almost won.
But we do not care a one bit,
And are going to have a party because,
We got the most red cards of the whole Netherlands!
Region Eindhoven - Smartest region of the world! (2011)
But why then?
Why then the smartest?
Second best technical university of the Netherlands
Campus that houses over 90 companies and
Institues that share R&D information
Biggest producer of photolitography systems
Pioneers in lighting
Truck factory and inventors of the variomatic
Variomatic
Engine Drive Shaft
Continuously variable transmission
Het Dafje
Just as fast backwards as forwards!
Achteruitrijrace (really funny!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ipFApsFec
CARNAVAL!!!! Katholic Feast
◦ 4 days◦ Before the 40 days of Lent◦ Wiki describes it as: public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party
CARNAVAL!!!!◦ Beer
◦ Tonpraoten◦ Telling simple jokes in the towns dialect
◦ Dweil orkesten
Parades – Carnaval
Parades – Bloemen CorsoZundert
Parades – Brabantse Dag - In my home town Heeze
- Building through the summer
Parades – Brabantse Dag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6gGHQAtuw
Food Breakfast & Lunch
◦ -Bread
Dinner◦ Meat◦ Potatoes◦ Vegetables
Party Food Cheese with a dutch flag
Sausages
Beer