Thursday 5 September 2013

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Giant Floats Covered in Flowers at the Bloemencorso Zundert Floral Parade

Dutch town of Zundert, can rightly be considered as the host of the biggest parade of flower sculptures in the world. On Sunday, there was another parade with thousands of spectators. There are Hundreds of volunteers/participants, who work around the clock, pinning the dahlias onto the floats. The floats are made out of wire, papier-mâché, cardboard and entirely covered in thousands of dahlias grown specifically for the parade.

This year, the participating districts were just twenty. Now, Immediately talk about the winners. The first place was taken by a district called “Gekkengoud”, the creation is made by Laer-Akkermolen. The Gekkengoud name can be literally translated as "Crazy gold."

Giant Floats Covered in Flowers at the Bloemencorso Zundert Floral Parade











































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