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The culture of the Netherlands is diverse, reflecting regional differences as well as the foreign influences built up by centuries of the Dutch people's mercantile and explorative spirit. The Netherlands and its people have long played an important role as centre of cultural liberalism and tolerance.
When Belgium was established in 1830, the francophone government oppressed the Dutch-speaking populace. The Dutch language was banned from secondary and higher education, politics, and justice in favour of French. Hence Dutchification in Belgium largely refers to the process of replacing French as the language of social mobility in Flanders.
The making of Dutch towns: A study in urban development from the 10th–17th centuries (1960) De Jong, Gerald Francis. The Dutch in America, 1609–1974.Twayne Publishers 1975, ISBN 0-8057-3214-4; Hunt, John. Dutch South Africa: early settlers at the Cape, 1652–1708. By John Hunt, Heather-Ann Campbell.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage , they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts.
The pioneering Dutch cultural historian Johan Huizinga, author of The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1919) (the English translation was called The Waning of the Middle Ages) and Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (1935), which expanded the field of cultural history and influenced the historical anthropology of younger historians of ...
In this period of Dutch prehistory, the first notable remains were erected: the dolmens, large stone grave monuments. They are found in Drenthe, and were probably built between 4100 BC and 3200 BC. To the west, the Vlaardingen culture (around 2600 BC), an apparently more primitive culture of hunter-gatherers survived well into the Neolithic period.
World War II expert Arie-Jan van Hees, a local resident and retired member of the Dutch military, provides guided tours of the cemetery. He and his family adopted a soldier's gravesite in 2005.
Dutch culture may refer to: used more narrowly, the Culture of the Netherlands; used more widely, the culture of Dutch-speaking Europe, including: Dutch architecture;