“We can now speak of a tradition,” says Swart who started ‘chairing’ with about ten male. In the meantime almost forty people are walking around. How important Lappendag is for the Horinese? “Well, very important, it’s actually a kind of King’s Day, but without all the orange. It is in the middle of summer and in our own town, it can’t be better. You have to be here.”
Many Horinese people live all year round to this day. People take free and some even adjust their vacation plans for it.
Not only the partygoers are there early. The real bargain hunters are also up for the clothing market: “I was here at five to six,” says one of them. “Nice on time, because then you will find the best bargains.”