Editing 's-Hertogenbosch (section)

===Carnival celebrations===
[[File:PeervaandenMuggenheuvel.jpg|thumb|right|Mayor Ton Rombouts, the Mayor of Oeteldonk, and the prince at City Hall in 2007]]
's-Hertogenbosch has a strong [[carnival]] tradition. In its current form the story and symbolism dates from 1881 to 1883. In these years some citizens created the legend of "Oeteldonk", whereby the city was renamed to Oeteldonk for the three day carnival. "Donk" is a reference to a dry place in the [[marsh]]. The frog is widely used as a symbol during the 's-Hertogenbosch Carnival. It is also a symbol of the Oeteldonk [[marsh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oetelpedia.nl/wiki/index.php/Oeteldonk |title=Oeteldonk – Oetelpedia |language=nl |publisher=Oetelpedia.nl |date=2010-11-17 |access-date=2013-03-25}}</ref> It was also a remark aimed at Bishop Godschalk from Den Dungen, where 'Van den Oetelaar' was a common family name. He had wanted to forbid the traditional festivities of [[Shrove Tuesday]] that often led to excesses.

Oeteldonk is a village and therefore every inhabitant is a farmer or a '{{lang|nl|durske}}' (a girl or young woman), eliminating class differences.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oeteldonk.org/over-oeteldonk/geschiedenis/1882-1945 |title= De stichting van Oeteldonk en de decennia daarna (1882-1945) |trans-title= The foundation of Oeteldonk and the subsequent decades|language= nl |publisher= Oeteldonksche Club van 1882 |date= 2020-06-28 |access-date=2020-06-28}}</ref> The village is headed by the Mayor "Peer vaan den Muggenheuvel tot den Bobberd". Each year the mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch hands over his authority to the Mayor of Oeteldonk. On Sunday at 11:11 AM the Mayor of Oeteldonk then receives Prince Carnaval "Prince Amadeiro XXVI" at Oeteldonk central station. From there a parade of all carnival clubs escorts the company to the town hall.

The citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch wear traditional outfits throughout these days. A so-called ''boerenkiel'' is worn and every year patches are designed according to that years theme which can then be stitched onto the outfit. The ''boerenkiel'' is often combined with a traditional farmers bandana and a long scarf in the colors of Oeteldonk. The tradition of the Boerenkiel and / or Bandana is very different from the carnival traditions in the rest of the Netherlands. Other aspects like the parade, the temporary name and the temporary flag (for Oeteldonk red, white and yellow) are very similar.