At 86, Jean Vanderhaegen, the outgoing president of the Bûmdroegers lived his last edition of the Meyboom this Saturday. A page turns for this figure of the Brussels folklore, after 70 editions to his credit. The emotion was palpable this Saturday morning in Etterbeek. The tree of joy and the troops of porters, the Bûmdroegers, arrived there for a new edition of the Meyboom. Among them, a familiar face lived a particular exit. For Jean Vanderhae…
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At 86, Jean Vanderhaegen, the outgoing president of the Bûmdroegers lived his last edition of the Meyboom this Saturday. A page turns for this figure of the Brussels folklore, after 70 editions to his credit. The emotion was palpable this Saturday morning in Etterbeek. The tree of joy and the troops of porters, the Bûmdroegers, arrived there for a new edition of the Meyboom. Among them, a familiar face lived a particular exit. For Jean Vanderhae…