September 2 Flower Festival in the Netherlands

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September 2 Flower Festival in the Netherlands

Held annually on September 2 in Aalsmer, the Netherlands, the Flower Festival is one of the most popular and memorable flower exhibitions in the world. The festival takes place on the first weekend of September and starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Aalsmer, attracting thousands of people.
The Flower Festival runs two and a half miles from the auction in Aalsmer to the center of Amsterdam. During the festival, musical groups, jazz groups will perform holiday programs, costume performances, dances. More than a million flowers are carried across the streets in 20 large boats and 30 beautifully decorated cars. It is also a demonstration of new ways of car design and decoration with flowers. Hundreds of Dutch flower companies show their fantasies in decorating boats and cars with flowers of different colors - chrysanthemums, lilies, roses, tulips, freesia. This flower festival cannot leave anyone indifferent in the Netherlands. In this country, tulips can easily be called the king of flowers. In addition, the tulip has been a symbol of Holland for centuries. During the holidays, all houses, walls, cars are decorated with bouquets. Volunteers from Aalsmer will help. It is known that the "Flower Festival" is one of the most widespread traditions in the world. Although the essence and content of flower festivals in all places are close to each other, but they are organized in a unique way, in a colorful form, with national and local features. The "Flower Festival" plays an important role in the ecological and aesthetic education of man, as well as encourages him to work to create beauty.