Here are the pictures I made of the carnaval parade of Lampegat (Eindhoven) yesterday!


This is not part of the parade, but some decoration at the trainstation.




"Dying Breed"










The Confetti Factory which sprayed a LOT of confetti. I still find some of it in my hairbrush when I've used it.






Result of the Confetti Factory









Fortunately there were 7 sweep carts ready for the cleaning job... I'd hate to do that myself! :grin:

Especially if you had to pick up each piece of confetti individually. Is there a theme for it? It seems there's a few sea creatures.

There is a theme for it... a theme which can be interpreted in many ways.
There are several carnaval societies, they're usually the ones with the big cars. The sea creatures were all part of one mayor group (and they nearly made me cry with nostalgia when they played the theme from the Snorks).
Another theme was the recent mayor election (the Leen and Rob, second-last pic). Leen Verbeek and Rob van Gijzel were both competing to be elected to be the new mayor of EHV, but there were much too little voters to make it legit. Reason why: both candidates were members of the same political party.
The Devils theme was picked by an organization for mischievous youngsters, made me smile. There was also a medieval theme, with hickories, knights, a castle and the dragon. And a cannibale theme.
But the sea creatures turned out to be the better pictures, that's why there are so many of them.

People can also walk on their own, or in small groups.
Contestants are grouped based on size, and winners are picked in each category. In total there were 61 parade units.

There is no overall theme
Mostly local or national news or something "funny"

this years program (in dialect BBP please translate where nesc.
No 12 has something to do with fairy tales
The other fishy thing is 14


INSCHRIJVINGEN LAMPEGATSE OPTOCHT 2008

Naam Titel Categorie
1 C.V. d'HAÔNE Lampekap de gekste! loopgroep
2 De Zwoele Ridders De Zwoele Ridders 5 jaar onderweg wagen
3 BG is Twa Wij geven een hemels feest wagen
4 BBZ BBZ, BloasBalken Zeeland loopgroep
5 CV De Tobbers We stoan noar 11 jaar nog steeds aan de tob(p) wagen
6 Thijs Vossen Der Vogelhändler loopgroep
7 B.V. De Heikneuters Het maakt ni uit welke prijs we halen, de Hei Kan-ni-balen!! wagen
8 CV de Broemie's de Carnavallesk Helpdesk wagen
9 Drumfanfare GRACIA muziek
10 CV de Brassers Confetti energie da verbrassen we nie wagen
11 C.V. De Bolhoedjes Prinsenwagen wagen
12 C.V. De Bolhoedjes Sprookjeskoets wagen
13 Vrijgezelligenclub mallotenkeuring loopgroep
14 CV Hendig Zat Hendig Zat is diep gezonken wagen
15 C.V. De Bierbubbels 4 dagen lol, mi Rock & Roll! wagen
16 C.V. Wilhelmina Motto FEC 2008 wagen
17 C.V. de Leute De oudste carnavalsvereniging van Eindhoven. Echt waar al 55 jaor wagen
18 Die Tambourijnen van die stadt Eyndhoven muziek
19 Toon Vest van Dijk De Gekste van Lampegat draait dur loopgroep
20 B.V. Bokt wij blazen een nootje mee wagen
21 Carnavals vrienden Meerveldhoven Hoezo "Idols" zingen kan iedereen, toch? wagen
22 Lampegatse Kinderoptocht Horen, Zien en Zwijgen loopgroep
23 Vriendengroep de WHEELY'S Carnaval d'r liegde nie um wagen
24 Vriendenclub Geelen Leve as unne zigeuner is zo gek nog nie! loopgroep
25 Carnavalsvereniging de Tongelreepers Met carnaval feesten wij als de gekste in het Lampegat!!! loopgroep
26 van den Hurk n.m.d. drie keer niks loopgroep
27 CV de Lichtstadnarren CV de Lichtstadnarren prinsenwagen
28 RCE-PSV Rugby Club Eindhoven loopgroep
29 Gerard van der Vleuten nog niet bekend loopgroep
30 Bowlingers snert en worst loopgroep
31 Frank Schooleman LEKKER KIPPETJE GEZOCHT! loopgroep
32 Jongerenpartij JO Ondanks alle regels is de pret niet te drukken! wagen
33 Brassvereniging de Blauwe Bocht Carnavallen is ons met de paplepel ingegoten loopgroep
34 Eén Kwelpieper Ienes de Gekste loopgroep
35 Eén Kwelpieper Gilbert de Gekste loopgroep
36 Eén Kwelpieper Vivian de Gekste loopgroep
37 CV de Erpelrooiers CV de Erpelrooiers prinsenwagen
38 Eén Kwelpieper Marjolijn de Gekste loopgroep
39 Eén Kwelpieper Wim de Gekste loopgroep
40 Eén Kwelpieper Andreas de Gekste loopgroep
41 Francios&Joyce WE STAAN ROOD OP DE BANK loopgroep
42 Eén Kwelpieper Ignace de Gekste loopgroep
43 Eén Kwelpieper Marjolein de Gekste loopgroep
44 Eén Kwelpieper Riana de Gekste loopgroep
45 Jeanne Hoonings Wij staan in LICHTelaaie loopgroep
46 Eén Kwelpieper Peter de Gekste loopgroep
47 Eén Kwelpieper René de Gekste loopgroep
48 Eén Kwelpieper Paul de Gekste loopgroep
49 Mevrouw Janssen-Raap Eindhoven Winterstad Raapsister loopgroep
50 Eén Kwelpieper Joanne de Gekste loopgroep
51 Eén Kwelpieper Wilko de Gekste loopgroep
52 Eén Kwelpieper Maurice de Gekste loopgroep
53 A. Verschuuren De Kerstjuffen loopgroep
54 Eén Kwelpieper Ronde Gekste loopgroep
55 Eén Kwelpieper Rob de Gekste loopgroep
56 Eén Kwelpieper Frank de Gekste loopgroep
57 De Zultkoppen 't wordt zeker een vet joar, me de Zultkoppen en Tarzan als paar. wagen
58 PSV Carnavalsclub De geminte road von elf wagen
59 de jeugd van Mariahout duivelse jeugd (parodie op de burgemeestersverkiezingen) wagen
60 Marian Wolters onbekend loopgroep
61 FEC Stadsprins van het Lampegat prinsenwagen
62 Bavaria bierwagen met zesspan wagen

[Edited on 4-2-2008 by DED]

It sure beats the local Yakkerboo Festival, which doesn't really celebrate anything and doesn't make any sense, and is really cheap overall:

Well there is a lot of difference in holland too.
It is only kept in the south of the country where most people have a roman catholic background, at least they know how a church look from the inside. But there is also a big difference in places. In Helmond (a 70.000 inhabitants) placenear Eindhoven almost everyone is celebrating it everywhere. In Eindhoven itself it is kept mostly in cafe's hotels and so on.
The parade in Eindhoven is more commercial and therefore more money and nicer groups and cars. The parade is kept on saturday. In Helmond the parade is larger but without any commercials and more simply groups. It is held on Sunday. When you see both parades you see an enorm difference.

By the way car 14 is from Carnavals club :Hendig Zat
That means at much as "handy as it is"or "Quickly drunk"
The theme was "Quickly drunk has sunken deeply" That's why the theme was so fishy.

More of BBP's pics can be found here.
BBP's carnaval pic's click here

[Edited on 5-2-2008 by DED]
(Sorry Dad, corrected the little link error.

[Edited on 6-3-08 by BBP]

Town was full with dressed up people, even today. even saw some dressed up people in the train with me.

VERY interesting
thanx fer the pictures!