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Sinterklaas in Rhinebeck

Posted on December 10, 2013

OK, so you’re wondering what “Sinterklaas” is, right? Well, Google it and you’ll find out that it’s a Dutch Christmas tradition but you need to watch this this video to feel the spirit that the Rhinebeck community has put into the celebration.

The Rhinebeck, NY, Sinterklaas Parade is a huge demonstration of community participation yet although I live in the neighboring town of Pine Plains I had never heard of it until a friend casually mentioned it a few days before. That says something about the communications situation around here so I shot the parade in its entirety for the record. I hope this gives it some exposure.

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WHY THIS WEBSITE

I came to Pine Plains by choice, not by chance of birth.

But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

And, like the land, people, too, are becoming subdivided as difference breeds distance rather than discourse.

I have been making these videos to preserve and reconstitute what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community.

On a more personal level, I am making this website as a way of holding on to the reasons why I came here.

Stan Hirson

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