BELGIUM

-Folk stories-Traditional music-Traditional dances

FOLK STORIES

Legend of Brabo Manneken Pis

THE LEGEND OF BRABO

The name of Antwerp (Schelde)

Sailors pay 1/10

Antigoon1/2 or hand off!

Brabo fights Antigoon

To throw a hand = Handwerpen= Antwerpen

MANNEKEN PIS

Little boy peed against house of witch

Witch angry!

Boy statue that will pee forever

TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Nicole and Hugo

Eddy Wally

Sam Gooris

Nicole and Hugo Flemish singing duo

1970: they have met

1971:married

First song: Baby Baby

Best song: Goeiemorgen morgen

Eddy Wally

Flemish singer

Eduard Van de Walle

1966: Chérie

2006: Statue

The voice of Europe

Sam Gooris 1992: Marijke

1999: Kelly Pfaff

1999: Maried

The Pfaffs

FOLK DANCE

1994: start career

1996: Breakthrough

1998: debut CD album

2004: Third CD ‘Douce Victime’

Now: other type of music

‘T smidje (Laïs)