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A place on the Unseco representative list of intangible cultural heritage is the ultimate acceptance of any specific tradition. For instance the Old Limburgian Schuttersfeast (OLS), a yearly event for some 170 local historical guilds, which exists for more than several centuries in both the Limburg provinces, one in Belgium and one in the Netherlands.This OLS ca only be organised with the help of more than 1.000 volunteers, who on behalf of one of the guilds prepare the outside-place with tents and equip it well to welcome there all the guilds and some 40.000 visitors, that look at the pageant and the competing matches, eat and drink, talk and have fun. The organisation has just one year to get it all done, because the winner of the competition of that specific day has to organize it next year. There is a big receipt of the winners in their hometown and after that they have to start the organisation with a lot of members from their community. Luckily there is a good cooperation with the local government and the OLS-Federation helps to continue organising a typical local historical guilds festival, which is attractive for the guilds themselve and thousands of visitors.As a consequence of the suggestion of the flemish (Belgian) government to push the named OLS upward onto the Unesco-list, this event is agreed upon via the flemish national list. Problem however is that the dutch government didn’t yet ratified the Unesco cultural intangible heritage convention.So, our plan is to mobilise everyone involved, the 7.000 participants (members of the historical guilds), the thousands of visitors, the flemish government, both the Provincie-governments of dutch and Belgium Limburg, to convince the dutch government to firstly agree upon the Unesco cultural intangible heritage convention and then to recognize the OLS as an important tradition as such. With support of two countries we’re shure that the Unesco also will recognise the ancient and traditonal guilds and their annual feast with several competitions as quite specific and important cultural heritage.So, join us for the ‘push-the-government’-programm.
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Push your government.
By: Luc Wolters, Historian
Peter Ressen, secretary of the Federatie van Vlaamse Historische Schuttersgilden.
The Old-Limburgian Schuttersfeast as intangible cultural heritage.
Crossbow
Frans Hals.
De magere compagnie.
Wooden bird.
Hand engraved silver shields
French revolution, the guillotine
Historical guild from Klimmen.
Shooting, the heavy rifle.
Historical guild of Schinnen, 1918
Oud-Limburgse Schuttersfederatie.
Bond Midden Limburg
Bond Juliana
EMM Weert en omgeving
Eendracht Born Echt e. o.
Maas en Kempen
Maasvallei
De Lommelse
Bond Berg en Dal
Bond RK Zuid-Limburgse
Sint-Gerardus Amstenrade
The OLS
The role of the volunteer.
Basis
• 175 guilds:– Independant organizations.
• East and West Limburg.
• Many guilds existing since the Middel ages
• French revolution:– Guilds banned.
• Afterwards many guilds returned.– To offer entertainmant to memebers.
Association
Guild Guild Guild
Association
Guild Guild Guild
Association
Guild Guild Guild
Association
Guild Guild Guild
Association
Guild Guild Guild
Oud-Limburgse Schuttersfederatie.
Association
Guild Guild Guild
The volunteer.
• The board of the guild,
• The board of the association,
• The management of the OLS federation,
–All taks are performed by volunteers.All taks are performed by volunteers.
The volunteer.
• But also:–The implementation of various activities,
–The organization of the OLS feast,
–In every organization of the OLS feast, more than 100 volunteers are involved.
The volunteer.
• Without the commitment of these thousands of volunteers,–This cultural heritage would be lost,
–Limburg would not be Limburg without our guilds.
The volunteer.
• Each year many efforts,–To provide financial resources, for te
cost of;• Uniforms.
• Drumbands.
• Equipment
The volunteer.
• Various laws must be met.
• Environmental legislation will be responsible for large expenditures in the near future.
• Support from the regional governement where possible.
The volunteer.
“I never knew he could do this all”
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