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"Hunted with Pig Bladders and Full of Feathers": 7 Wildemanloop Candidates Want to Carry the Ros Beiaard in 2030

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In Dendermonde, 7 candidates will participate in the Wildemanloop this summer. This is a tough physical test based on a ritual from the Middle Ages. Only those who pass on August 21st will also have a chance to carry the Ros Beiaard in 2030 and will rise a place in the centuries-old hierarchy of the Pijndersgilde. The previous Wildemanloop was in 2019.

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In Dendermonde, 7 candidates will participate in the Wildemanloop this summer. This is a tough physical test based on a ritual from the Middle Ages. Only those who pass on August 21st will also have a chance to carry the Ros Beiaard in 2030 and will rise a place in the centuries-old hierarchy of the Pijndersgilde. The previous Wildemanloop was in 2019.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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vrt broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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