Media item

Tilt at the ring in the capital of Zeeland

Week number 52-35

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
00:57
Publication date:
1 August 1952
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER523-HRE0000CEA3

Famer's sons from Zeeland compete against eachother on unsaddled horses in the annual tilt at the ring in Middelburg. Audience and participants are mostly in traditional Zeeland attire. By the old tradition, the winner is tossed in the air.