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Hartjesdag
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| Hartjesdag is an annual crossdressing extravaganza and it has a freak element, especially visible in the parade that marches down the Zeedijk. The parade is held on the 19th of August. On this day you will see the highest concentration of drag queens and kings in among the "straight" cross-dressers roving the streets of Zeedijk and Nieuwmarkt. This tradition came from the 19th century, when the poor of the Dam were allowed to hunt deer for just one day a year on the local gentry's estate. Hartjesdag got its name from the Dutch for deer, "hert", which has evolved over the years to "hart". |
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