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Broken tree, stuck tunnel…: after:
“It doesn’t happen often“, Recognizes the president of the Bûmdroegers, Jean” quiet “. Similarly, This August 9. However, as the tradition from the Middle Ages wants, the” Meyboom “was cut in the forest of Beau Matin care … However, but it was not without difficulty.
“The tree broke, we were late”tells us a carrier. For example, In question, we are told: a bad place. The tree, which had been selected this Thursday, being broken, it was necessary to fall back on a second specimen. Who also experienced damage. But nothing fatal. “It’s still a beautiful“, Smiles Jan Brusten, of the companions of Saint-Laurent, overseeing the folk festivities.
For the 717th time, the Meyboom will be planted in Brussels: here is the chosen tree and the dates to remember for this early August
Once cut, hop in the truck! Then begins the traditional joyful tour of the tree, with stage at Etterbeek, Saint-Josse and Schaerbeek. But here again. a small collapse to mention: when leaving Etterbeek, broken tree, stuck tunnel…: after the truck found itself stuck at the entrance to the Boileau tunnel. Alerted by the height gantry, the truck stopped and had to fall back on the side. A difficult maneuver that blocked for a few moments on Boulevard Louis Schmidt, fairly calm during this summer period.
Plantation avant 17h – Broken tree, stuck tunnel…: after
In the afternoon, the tree will arrive in the historic center of Brussels. After a passage on the Grand-Place in the company of giants. brass bands, beech will have, as tradition wants, to be planted at the corner of rue des Sables and rue des Marais … before 5 p.m. “”We will get there. Louvain will not have the Meyboom“, Slides the president of the Bûmdroegers, referring to the history of this tradition.
This Friday. it is August 9, emblematic date of Brussels folklore: the 10 things to know about the Meyboom
The Meyboom dates back broken tree, stuck tunnel…: after as a reminder to 1213. Following a brawl between Brussels. Louvanists, the “privilege“to plant a “Tree of joy“had been given to the Guild of Saint-Laurent which, over the centuries, has perpetuated tradition. But the Louvanists have never digested the defeat, plant a tree on their side … and have already tried to steal the Brussels tree.
In 25 years. the “Gardevils” have made a place for themselves in Brussels Folklore of Meyboom: “It was not easy at the start to be accepted”
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