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Fierljeppen

Also known as Pole vaulting over canals

Fierljeppen: photograph by Peter van der Sluijs
Photo: Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Run, grab a pole and climb to leap a canal; Frisian farmer tradition.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Netherlands.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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