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Procession of the Golden Tree
Praalstoet van de Gouden Boom
Giant Grauwelinck in the 2012 procession
Statusactive
Genrehistorical re-enactment
Date(s)August (formerly July)
Frequencyevery five years
Location(s)City of Bruges
CountryBelgium
Inaugurated1958
Most recent2017
Participantsabout 2000[1]

The Procession of the Golden Tree or Pageant of the Golden Tree (in Dutch: Praalstoet van de Gouden Boom or Gouden Boomstoet) is a historical pageant held in the city of Bruges every five years to commemorate the celebration there in 1468 of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York.[2] It has been organised since 1958.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ George McDonald, Frommer's Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg (Wiley, 2011), p. 77.
  2. ^ Robert Pateman and Mark Elliott, Cultures of the World: Belgium (Marshall Cavendish, 2006), p. 118.
  3. ^ Christopher Turner, Bruges (Landmark Visitors Guide, Hunter, 2002), p. 102

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