Midwinter horn clubs almost breathe their last, but were indispensable in the war: ‘Germans had no idea’

In the run-up to Christmas, sonorous sounds from wooden midwinter horns have been resonating through the East of the Netherlands since this week. A custom that is over a thousand years old and which even fooled the German occupiers during the war. The tradition is under pressure now that the youth are dropping out. “Young people don’t think it’s cool to honk on a piece of wood.”

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