In the first of three shots, a rowboat passes before a group of women. Everyone wears clothes that look a bit old-fashioned and absurd. In the second shot, the woman standing in the first shot are featured in a medium close-up. In the third, children separate into circles of boys and of girls and dance in circles.
Marken was a small island in the Zuider Zee, separated from the mainland and thought to be full of old-fashioned people and customs. With the building of the polders, it has become a small village, probably undifferentiated from the rest of Holland. This actuality serves to preserve an image of old ways that have vanished, except to please tourists.
Marken was a small island in the Zuider Zee, separated from the mainland and thought to be full of old-fashioned people and customs. With the building of the polders, it has become a small village, probably undifferentiated from the rest of Holland. This actuality serves to preserve an image of old ways that have vanished, except to please tourists.
