Welcome to Enter, The Netherlands, a town that has a tradition of the "herding of the geese" which they celebrate with a festival every spring. The Netherlands has one of the largest concentrations of geese in the world. The town of Enter is right in the middle of these over-wintering locations.
The streets are lined with booths, county fair style, where the local folks display their skills and crafts.
Background music is provided by this street organ.
Of course Sister Moore found her way to the quilt booth, just like home.
The townspeople are dressed in traditional costume.
The herding of the geese begins by selecting a leader goose which is stuffed into this basket.
OK everyone, follow me.
The young girls, dressed in traditional costume, help keep the geese in parade formation.
We couldn't get the real scoop on the origin of this tradition but someone said that originally this began when hundreds of geese were herded all the way to Rotterdam where they were shipped to England for Christmas dinner.
The girls form a nice little corral to keep the geese together.
This wooden shoe is said to be the biggest in the world made from a single piece of wood.
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