6 & 7 september 2026
6 & 7 september 2026
Before the design ‘Zielentocht’ was chosen in early December at Klein Zundert it had already completed a long route. Where the team of five of this year competed last year in three seperate groups to be elected, they put their heads together to make a decent design together. Already during the build of the model this seems a perfect idea, for a natural diistribution of who was responsible for certain parts then developed. Besides, not only the three designing groups merged, also the ideas were combined. This combination eventually resulted in the design ‘Zielentocht’.
The 35-metre long design depicts a mysterious dark witch that aims at young women in her quest for eternal beauty and whose souls give her the energy and strength to keep up eternal youth. Her three slaves carry the caged young women with them, while the the dark woman is still looking for fresh blood. When she notices that her life juices can no longer provide her youthfulness, she turns to her prisoners to use their souls to bring up the youthfulness in herself. This summer her quest for new souls will lead her to Zundert, to see if there are still suitable young women whose souls she may use to extract youthfulness from.
In short, Klein Zundert comes with a ominous and mysterious float where it is advisable to be on your guard: the witch may also hunt for your soul.
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The quintet of designers of Klein Zundert consists of Niek van den Broek (34), 8th design, project manager and graphical designer at a sign company; Jacco Verschuren (25), 1st design, assistant accountant; Leonie van der Meulen (35), 3rd design, IT application specialist; Sanne Top (22), 1st design, teacher elementary education in training and Tygo Verschuren (25), 1st design, corporate finance analist.
Original Dutch Text: Stijn van Helmondt
Translation: Emile Wassenaar
Photo: Paul Ranft
Hamlet Klein-Zundert
www.kleinzundert.nl
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