Yes. Also, in those days they had the Dutch flag with orange-white-blue colors (rather than red-white-blue today). So "Oranje boven", in addition to meaning "(William of) Orange on top" or "above", could also refer to orange being the top color on the flag.

Quite common, at least in my country (Czech). I think the most famous would be The Battle of White Mountain (1620) hosted every September in Prague, then there is The Battle of Jankov (1645). There are also smaller events hosted on various castles which were besieged in this war. Most of the time periods are actually reenacted. I think the largest groups focus in these eras: High Medieval Times (13th century) Hussites (early 15th century) Thirty-Years War (early 17th century) Napoleonic Wars (early 19th century) Cloths are usually made or paid (there are specialized shops and blacksmiths for each era). Weapons are all real, but contact (cold) weapons are blunt, arrows are not used (or shotted to the ground) and gunpowder weapons (arquebuses, muskets, cannons) fires without balls (blank, only paper). Maybe someone can correct me, I am not a reenactor myself.

@@pavelgrussmann3314 that is amazing, thank you. i come from a country where there is no "scene" of reenactment. It is a beautiful tradition, and i wish to take part one day. White Mountain sounds like fun

Yeah that looked like an awesome float at first, but on closer inspection we were somewhat disappointed ;-)

I checked with my friend. Perhaps Duque de Alba (although pronunciation seems a bit off), or Duque de Arcos (seems more likely)? Perhaps some other Spanish speakers can weigh in on this.

Spaniard here. Yeah it's a bit difficult to understand with all the sounds going on, but he's saying (with a hoarse voice): "¡Señores soldados, viva el Duque de Alba!" (Gentlemen soldiers, hail the Duke of Alba!) So it is the Duke of Alba, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo,_3rd_Duke_of_Alba

@@Charlie69BC thanks very much for your input. The most likely from a historical perspective would indeed have been the Duke of Alba, so it's nice to know that for a native Spanish speaker it sounds like (a hoarse version of) this too.

Nice detail, thanks for sharing. IIRC there was indeed some kind of historic brothel in the town on that weekend, so I guess he might have been quite serious when saying that :-)

@@MoyenneGarde That brothels had to be authentic and cool inside, but shooting has multiple meaning.;)

Por qué lo dices en holandés? No creo que mucha gente lo lea. Aún así, sí. Los holandeses no llegan ni a la suela del zapato a los Tercios. Kollum, Mons, Gembloux, Jemmingen (donde destacó Sancho Dávila con 30 españoles, defiendo con éxito su posición ante 4.000 holandeses)...

cheeky, knew you gonna be here

@@Bunny-zn7ke its impressive reenactment.

Its actually blunt weapons

You're welcome. It was a fantastic event two years ago. Hope you have a great time! Unfortunately I won't be able to attend this year, as I'm going to Japan on the same weekend for some important Rugby World Cup appointments :-)

Yes it's a very nice event. It takes place every two years and the next event is 18-20 October 2019. I don't think I can make it but I can certainly recommend it :-)

@@MoyenneGarde thanks for the info, and where does it take place? :)

@@ComesPerpetvs in the town of Groenlo, Netherlands

@@MoyenneGarde thank you :)

@@MoyenneGarde is the next one this year?

Yes, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to rent out entire boats for your group for a very reasonable price (judging by how much it cost per person, which was something like $10 or so for the entire day with lunch included). We did two full days of boating and it was great.

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