’T ZAAT HERMENIEKE
ONTWERP: HAN VAN WETERING, 1993
’DE ZAATE HERREMENIE’ WAS IN 1959 HET
EERSTE ONGEORGANISEERDE CARNAVALSORKEST,
ZONDER DIRIGENT, MAAR WEL ALTIJD MET
"D’N DRAPPO" VOOROP.
IN 1972 ZONG HEEL MAASTRICHT HET
CARNAVALSLIED:
"DE ZATE HERMENIE, DIE TRÈK ALTIED MER
WIJER OUCH AL KINNE ZE MEET MIE!"

PLAQUÈT IN 2008 AONGEBOOJE DOOR:
BART GROUTARS
EN
PAULINE VON PELSER BERENSBERG

Zaate Herremenie - "The Drunken Orchestra", a group of musicians who marched through the streets during Carnival without a conductor or formal organization, with their music forming part of Maastricht’s popular and spontaneous Carnival tradition.

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Translation of the text on the sign:
’t Zaat Hermenieke
Design: Han van Wetering, 1993

"De Zaate Herremenie" was in 1959
the first unorganized Carnival orchestra,
without a conductor, but always with
"D’n Drappo" at the front.

In 1972, all of Maastricht sang the
Carnival song:
"The drunken orchestra keeps going on, even when it can barely go on anymore!"

The plaque was installed in 2008 by:
Bart Groutars
and
Pauline von Pelser Berensberg