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Finch sitting

Also known as Vinkenzetting · Vinkensport · Dutch for "finch sport"

Finch sitting: photograph by Donarreiskoffer
Photo: Donarreiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Chaffinch owners compete on how many songs their bird sings in an hour; 400-year-old Flemish tradition.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Belgium.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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