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Folk Culture in The Netherlands

By: Lily Jacaruso

Folk Food

Stew (stamppot)

Pea Soup (Snert)

-Many dutch eat stew as a typical dinner.

-Usually contains potatoes which grow very well in the climate of the country, meats like beef or sausage which come from the livestock raised in the country and the sausage from germany because of the closeness of the two countries.

-Staw is served warm because it gets cold in the Netherlands in the winter.

-Very thick soup made from the peas that grow very well in the climate.

-Eaten warm to keep warm during the winter.

Approach towards: Religion

Salted Herring (Hollandse Nieuwe)

-The Netherlands is one of the most secularized (religions lack power and social authority) countries in the world.) 56% of people (wiki data) identify themselves as having no religion. 20% of people are catholic, 10% protestant, 5% islamic, and 6% other.

-The government encourages freedom of religion, and always has always allowed safe harbor of different religions in the country. There used to be a large jewish population, but most were killed during world war 1.

-Throughout history, The Netherlands has had several different sects of Christianity in the country and since the beginning of the 17th century, has had large numbers of people with no religion

-Herring is a fish that lives in the North Sea, which touches Holland.

-It is salted using the salt from the islands that the Netherlands colonized.

-The fish is caught, salted, and eaten with onions on rye bread.

Gouda Cheese

-Gouda is the type of cheese that is made in the Netherlands. Gouda cheese originated from the cows in the Netherlands.

-Very popular and is typically the only cheese eaten.

Affects of Pop Culture

There is lots of evidence of pop culture impacting the local culture.

-McDonalds: There are 241 McDonalds in the country, which is the second largest amount of McDonalds per country in Europe.

-Soccer: The Netherlands has a national soccer team, which is super popular and very successful

-Commodification: The folk culture is turned into silly costumes that people wear on random holidays.

Material Culture

Folk Language

Folk Holiday- Zwarte Piet

-Dutch is the national language and is the language spoken throughout the country.

-It sounds almost identical to German, which is a neighboring country, Afrikaans, which is spoken in parts of Africa settled by the Dutch, and somewhat similar to English which is a language evolving from the same Germanic origins and spoken in the UK which is very close to the Netherlands

Zwarte Piet- Celebrated by all in Holland and its former colonies, Zwarte Piet is a help of St. Nicholas who is a moor from Spain. The holiday is celebrated on the 5th of December, and by everyone in the country regardless of their religion. The holiday is typically celebrated by people dressing up as Zwarte Piet by putting black face paint all over their face, wearing colonial clothes and parading in the streets. Many kids dress up and walk from house to house asking for candy (kind of like Halloween). Recently, the holiday has suffered harsh criticism for being racist and protesters demand that people stop putting black on their faces and redesign what Zwarte Piet looks like.

Folk Music

Leevenslied (folk music)- Typically songs that have to do with love, new life, death and loneliness. Most of the songs have a simple rhyme and teach some sort of life lesson. Sound like american nursery rhymes.

Nederhop (contemporary dutch music)- Nederhop is a rap/hiphop type music sung in either dutch or english. The music is listened to by a majority of the young population and is listened to in the netherlands, germany, belgium and parts of the UK.

EDM- EDM is a super popular genere of music based off of dutch folk musics and have become wildly popular around the world. Amsterdam is regarded as the EDM capital of the world many of the most famous EDM artists come from the Netherlands.

Dutch folk art typically contain the colors blue, orange, yellow and red. Photos typically contain depictions of windmills, tulips, birds, boats, clogs, and people.

Folk Clothing

Clogs- In most rural parts of the country, people wear clogs for shoes. Clogs are bulky wooden slippers which originated in the country. Farming fields in the country are extremely wet and marshy due to the fact that almost all of the country's land is reclaimed land. This created a need for a shoe that wouldn't sink very far into the marshy mud and would keep the foot dry. The shoe was invented in around 1230 and used by the entire population until around the 1900s.

-Traditional clothing is made from linen, wool, and cotton which grow either in the country or within its west or east indie colonies. Most clothing is orange, because orange is the national color and is the last name of the most favored king to ever rule the Netherlands

Traditional Shelter

-The buildings in the large cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague, all have a narrow face which is visible from the street but stretch far backwards which make up for the loss of space from the small front. The faces of the buildings are very narrow because when house taxes in the country were first established, they were based on the width of the front of your house. People built narrow faced buildings to avoid taxes.

-The Netherlands land is mostly land reclaimed from the sea, which means it used to be underwater but the ocean water is pumped out. That means that there are a lot of windmills, which were used to pump the water out of the land before electricity did the work. Many people that live in rural areas still live in windmills. All of the water is channeled out through canals which run through most of the large cities and smaller rural towns.

-Some people live in houseboats which they dock when they go to sleep. These house boats used to mainly be lived in by merchants which would use the canals as trade routes, but are now gaining popularity in the larger cities because of the rising cost of living.

Attitudes Towards: Death

-Most of the country is secularized and doesn’t associate with a specific religion, but the burials are very influenced by Christianity.

-Most people bury their dead in graveyards and usually choose to have tombstones. Cremation and the scattering of ashes is also popular.

-Because the country is heavily influenced by Christianity, most people believe in some kind of afterlife and that death is a sad thing.

Concepts of: Fairness and Justice

-The Netherlands is considered one of the most fair and just countries in the world.

-The government is run as a constitutional head quarters, with the head of government building locates at The Haague.

-If you have a meal with a dutch person, you are expected to split the tab to be fair. The government has a very low crime rate and its justice system is very effective.

Notions of: Beauty

-Most dutch women’s notion of beauty is very western, with most women wearing makeup on a daily basis. Dutch people are known for being really tall, and most women view being tall as beautiful.

-Most women view being skinny and fit as attractive. About 70% of the population is blonde, and its the most popular hair color. Many international pop culture models come from the Netherlands.

-Many people believe a “natural” minimal maintenance look is the preferred look of makeup, although it may require a lot of makeup.

Communication Styles:

Handling and Display of Emotion

-Display of emotion in public is typically common. People greet each other by kissing on the cheek three times, and men typically shake each other's hands. Public display of affection is common and not considered rude or inappropriate.

-Hugging in public as a form of a greeting is not typical. Display of anger in public is not common, and is very taboo unless with family. It is believed that public display of anger causes fights and disagreements so it is encouraged while young to do these things in private. -Display of usual emotions like sadness, happiness, excitement, etc. is not common and most dutch do not express emotions to strangers, nor react the emotions from strangers.

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