This is the traditional dressing and this is what they used to wear here in
Volendam long time ago.
Ever decided to be a tourist in the country where you
already live or have been living for so many years? Yes Africa Web TV has done
that today and today we're in a small town called Volendam a few
kilometres away from Amsterdam and we are going to do some touristic things
because it's our first time here to see what Volendam has in store for us.
So as we navigate through the city stay tuned for Africa Web TV is bringing
you on a journey.
This is Phay.
Check you on the flipside.
So there is Waterdam, Volendam, Edam, Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
what is up with the Dams?!
Welcome to the Volendam museum.
And in the Volendam museum you can see
the history of Volendam and why Volendam so famous
and well-known in the world, and in The Netherlands.
And the history of clothing too?
Yeah yes this is our typical
costume and if maybe you recognize it as the typical
costume of the Netherlands but actually it is from Volendam.
So this is like the traditional wear that the Dutch ladies used to wear
a very long time ago.
They only stopped wearing this in the sixties you know.
So what I found really fascinating
is the corals here their neck chain.
As you can see
if you look at regions in West Africa we have similar beads that are
worn by the Queens, princesses, the royal families basically even not in the royal
families it's just we have it and besides also our traditional
wears it is interesting how some of these things link with each other you know.
Right now where I am standing is like the entrance of a modern.. an ancient Dutch home.
So welcome to how the Dutch used to live a long time ago.
Once you were married the pastor actually came by every single
year to tell you there needs to be a child until you reach 16 children.
After that you can choose!
Oh you can choose after 16 kids.
After 16. First 16 children, then you can choose
if you want more or not.
And so the biggest family ever here in town was 21 children.
One woman and one man.
And because those houses were so very tiny
from the age of 12 they had to move out. There was no space. You had to move.
And so the kids from... the girls they would go to Amsterdam and in Amsterdam they worked
12 hours a day, 8 weeks and then after those eight weeks
they would get three days off.
Was there a specific reason why they were forced to have so many kids?
Because the church wanted to be the biggest one in the country
and unfortunately they could not steal any other church's members
because there was this there was actually a law
that you cannot steal customers from another church.
So you had to make more babies and so they chose to make more.
If somebody would pass away if they died then the people who remained were supposed to
mourn for them for 2 years and six weeks
and they would watch this suit for 2 years and six weeks every single day.
Only exception, New Year's.
Then it would be this one.
But then the flowers would still be dark.
So if somebody from the same family dies again
within six months then the years accumulate?
You need wait for the first 2 years and six weeks is over
before you can start another 2 years and 6 weeks.
So if at any time one of the boats went missing,
there were 12 people gone, 26 years!
Because for every single person
2 years and six weeks.
Outside of the window there used to be a very big water turn
and that water turn will be filled once every 3 weeks.
If you have water left in those 3 weeks you could heat it up and put it in here.
That was your bathtub.
Once every three weeks, every child in the family lined up,
oldest one first, youngest one last.
Same water, same soap, same towel.
Wait, they bath once every three weeks?
Yes. If they were lucky. If they had water left.
If they didn't have water left sometimes they didn't wash themselves for a whole year!
So they have lions in their emblems
Yeah, and then if you look at England as well they also have lions,
so what is the significance of a lion
here in Europe?
but then anyways, almost every city or every region in the Netherlands
is represented by a lion.
So this is Limburg, this is Noord-Brabant, Zeeland, everywhere.
Maybe some lions breathe fire!!
I wish to go to an African museum like this that shows the African culture
African traditions and how we used to dress that explains everything the same
way everything has been revealed to me right now.
I clearly am completely understand the history of Volendam
just by being in this museum and I hope I will visit an African centre one day
that can clearly tell an African story just by the artefacts that are in it.
If you know any where, please let me know so that we can also go there and visit.
We would love that.
It's just a building and then you compartmentalise it then you go into
different parts of the country especially like in Zimbabwe,
you get some important artefacts, historical artefacts, you put them in there.
How much do you think that will cost and then you preserve your culture.
You have other cultures coming in to view your culture.
That's a very very big financial boost for a country,
for a community and for us as people and then you put that
development aid money aside.
These are new ways of job creation. These are new ways of cultural preservation
I guarantee you, back in the 1900 or 17th this square was used to burn people alive.
That's how they punished thieves.
You didn't hear it from me!
But that is what used to happen in Amsterdam though at the Dam Square.
Witches and thieves were burnt.
Witches were burnt alive at the Dam Square
and thieves had their hands cut at the Dam Square.
And then in Zeedijk in Amsterdam that is where the witches lived.
We should do an Amsterdam tour.
It's true!
So you remember we were very curious about how the dams came about?
Amsterdam, Edam, Volendam, Rotterdam and all of that.
So we were actually told a long time ago
a long long long time ago, the cities that were by the port that were near the sea
they would create a dike or a dam in English and then around that dam
that's where buildings and houses that's where residency started.
So first there was the dam
like Amster dam, the river is the Amstel
So they built a dam. And when there is a dam
there is a little port and when there is a little port there is commerce, trade,
people are coming and that's how a city grows.
In Zaandam, the river was called the Zaan
And the river, dam around it is the Dam, so it became Zaandam
So everywhere in the Netherlands where you hear Dam Dam Dam it means
that their civilization or their the sense of city started around the dam
or the dike they built in the city.
I am about to be Dutch!
I am about to be an ancient Volendamse woman.
You can pick your own wooden shoes over there.
Okay
These are so uncomfortable.
This is the traditional dressing and this is what they used to wear here in
Volendam long time ago.
It does not feel comfortable at all. It's just a whole lot
of layers in it and some cute shoes too.
Farmers still wear them though.
So we have come to the end of today's episode and I really hope you have
enjoyed it as much as we did.
Well, we've walked in clogs, worn some
traditional clothes, learnt a lot about their traditions, culture and industrious background
Something that we also as Africans can learn from.
So till meet again next time,
this is from me Phay and the crew behind Africa Web TV,
it's bye for now.
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