Usuku lweNdlovukazi (Koninginnedag) alukho! Lesi sihloko sinikeza ulwazi lomlando mayelana neholidi langaphambili lezwe laseDutch. Kusukela ngo-1898 kuya ku-2013, ngo-Ephreli 30 umaka uKoninginnedag ("Usuku Lwendlovukazi"), iholide likazwelonke lokugubha usuku lokuzalwa lweNdlovukazi (yangaphambili) yezwe. Kwakuyiholide elidume kakhulu kunazo zonke eNetherlands - kanti namanje, ekufakweni kwayo njengeSuku lweNkosi. Imikhosi yase-Amsterdam ikakhulukazi iphikisana nalabo baseMardi Gras eNew Orleans noma ngoNyaka Omusha ku-Eve Square .
Ngenxa yalokho, i-Amsterdam igcwele amaphilisi kuleli holide, yokwamukela izivakashi ezifika ezigidini ezimbili ezihambela iqembu.
Umlando woSuku lweNdlovukazi
Njengoba nje uSuku lweNkosi lwalujwayele ukuba yiSuku Lwendlovukazi, uSuku lweNdlovukazi ngokwaso lwalujwayele ukuba yiSonto LikaPrincess ( Prinsessedag ). Iholidi likazwelonke laqalwa ngo-1885 ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa lwesihlanu luka-Princess Wilhelmina. Indodakazi yenkosi yakhuphukela esihlalweni sobukhosi futhi yathatha igama elithi Queen Wilhelmina ngonyaka ka-1898, lapho iholide yayiyiSonto leNdlovukazikazi ephindaphindiwe kabusha.
Kuze kube ngo-1949, leli holide yawela ngo-Agasti 31, usuku lokuzalwa kukaNdlovukazi uWilhelmina, unina kaJuliana. Usuku lwendlovukazi lwasuswa ngo-Ephreli 30 ngo-1949, lapho iNdlovukazi entsha uJuliana inyukela esihlalweni sobukhosi.
Ngesikhathi i-Queen Beatrix yamanje ephumelela uJuliana ngo-1980, wakhetha ukugcina uSuku lweNdlovukazi ngo-Ephreli 30, njengosuku lokuzalwa lukaBeithrix ngoJanuwari 31, usuku lapho isimo sezulu saseDutch singenzi kahle imisebenzi eminingi yangaphandle ehambisana neholidi. Ngenhlanhla, inkosi entsha, uWillem-Alexander, igubha usuku lokuzalwa ngo-Ephreli 27, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kukagogo.
Njalo ngonyaka inkosi ephethe ivakashela idolobha elilodwa noma amabili laseDutch ukuzobingelela abantu bezwe kanye nezivakashi zabo, abazitholayo ngemikhosi efanelekayo. Okuqala njengesikhumbuzo seDutch Royal Family sesuqalile usuku lwamazwe okudala, okungahambi kahle okungenandaba nakho kwentwasahlobo.
Ngokuqondene ne- vrijmarkt - izitayela ezimakethe ezifakwe emakethe okutshalwe kuwo wonke amadolobha aseDashi ngalolu suku - leso siko sivela esikhathini esithile kuma-1950s.
Yaba isikhungo sikazwelonke ngama-1970, lapho abezindaba baseDutch bebika ukuphakama kwe- vrijmarkt eDameni Square nasesifundazweni saseJordaan.
Ihlelwe nguKristen de Joseph.