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History /// The peat soil, which contains humic acid and low amounts of oxygen, preserved and mummified many bog bodies. Thomas Trum used the quality of the peat soil for his creation 'Drentse Drab': a mask for hands, feet and face. The main ingredient of Drentse Drab is humic acid, which is found in the water deep below the Drentse peat. The clay mask is made of ancient old humic acid and green clay, which has a cleansing effect and the ability to repair the skin. #Drentshistory #peatstory #thomastrum #drentsedrab #veen #peat #collectieveenhuizen

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History /// On May 12, 1887 the 'Girl of Yde' was found in Drenthe peat ground. The girl of Yde and other bog bodies have been preserved and mummified in relatively good conditions because of the effect of peat; a soil which contains Humic Acid and low amounts of oxygen. On this picture you can see a reconstruction of the girl of Yde made in 1994. You might be wondering how such a young girl ended up in the bog? A visit to the museum of Drenthe can be recommended. Beside the bog body of the girl of Yde, you can admire other bog findings as well. Such as the boat Pesse, the oldest boat ever found. It is 10.000 years old, carved from the trunk of a pine tree with an axe. #Drentshistory #peatstory #veenlijk #bogboddy #drentsmuseum #turf #peat

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for his horses he has a lot of attention; except in the busiest times he cleans them so much feasible. He prefers to walk through the loose sand next to the car, for hours straight; to lift some of their burden. Even though they can do the job easily. If you want to check out more check 🔗 in bio

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for his horses he has a lot of attention; except in the busiest times he cleans them so much feasible. He prefers to walk through the loose sand next to the car, for hours straight; to lift some of their burden. Even though they can do the job easily. To find out more check out our tumblr through the 🔗 in bio

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People /// naoberschap is een kleine sociale, overwegend agrarische gemeenschap van noabers (buren). Iedere noaber heeft in het noaberschap een zogenaamde noaberplicht. Dit is de verplichting de andere noabers desgewenst met raad en daad bij te staan. Vanouds was het een heel ruime en intensieve vorm van burenhulp, die onontbeerlijk was voor de bewoners van boerderijen en in dorpen die niet kunnen rekenen op goede openbare voorzienin- gen To find out more check our tumblr through the 🔗 in bio

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Land /// Drenthe's water-ways map. To find out more check out our tumblr through the 🔗 in bio

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History /// A ‘Landschapschirurgijn’ (Landscape Surgeon) was a physician employed by the County of Drenthe. Six surgeons have performed this function between 1647 and 1805. Their task was to carry out small operations for free. They treated prisoners, the poor and travelers in and around Assen and tried to cure infectious diseases. These surgeons were given an one-off payment (rather than a structural allowance) from the government for their services. But one should not confuse the Landscape Surgeon with ‘Landschapsmedicinae Doctores’ i.e. Landscape Medici. The Landscape Medicus was a university-trained physician who was allowed to treat internal diseases, the Landscape Chirurgijn was trained in practice, and was able to perform external surgical procedures. #Drentshistory #Assen #landschap #landschapschirurgijn #wellbeing #surgery

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People /// Drenthe is the 3rd least populous and least densely populated province of the Netherlands. With a number of 491 867 inhabitants. Per year there are 2021 people from the Netherlands and 1600 from foreign countries moving to Drenthe. 3747 people are moving to another part of the Netherland and just 114 are moving to another country each year. To find out more check out our tumblr over the 🔗 in bio

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Land /// map of nature distribution in Drenthe To find out more check out our tumblr in 🔗 in bio

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People /// The inhabitants of Drenthe are becoming older and they are having less children. In large parts of the province more than 21 percent of the population is 65 years or older. This is because in the past twenty years more and more 18 to 25 year olds moved to cities to study or to work. The number of people who are 65+ in Drenthe will increase significantly over the next 25 years. In 2040 one in three people will be 65+, at the moment that‘s one in five. The population decline converts faster than previously alculated. Photo: Alex de more To see more check out our tumblr through 🔗 in bio

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Regularity /// Regularity in society refers to the way in which it is organized along with certain rules and standards that are set forth in order to maintain that organisation. In a social order, individuals within a society mingle, interact and live together within unique and stable arrangements of institutions. Due to changes of the social composition change is an everpresent phenomenon in any society. A distinction is sometimes made then between processes of change within the social structure, which serve in part to maintain the structure, and processes that modify the structure. For more information check out our tumblr in the 🔗 in bio #drenthe #rhythm #regularity #society #organization #structure

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History /// For centuries, people relied on each other. In Drenthe the ‘noaberschap’ or ‘neighborliness’ was very common. Care for one another was very natural in the small, close-knit communities. The female neighbours helped women giving birth and cared for the sick. Moreover, the ‘noabers’ supported the old and weak villagers with food and clothing. In Drenthe ‘huismiddelen’, or ‘house resources’ were very common: self-made medicines whose efficacy was based on experience. Due to lack of medical care, especially in rural areas, selfmedication in Drenthe was fairly common. The ingredients of these medicines were easy available food resources, while the required spices, oils and alcoholic substances were to be found at the local pharmacist or in nature. For example, hemp seed boiled in skimmed milk was used against jaundice. To cure fever, sundew was mixed with clean sand. Painful ulceration to the fingers, also referred to as ‘Vyt’, one challenged with yarrow. And to prevent chest ailments you had to drink tea made out of lungwort. Sometimes people called on ‘wondhelers’, ‘ledenzetters’ and ‘breukmeesters’ or even “miracle healers”. #Drentshistory #naoberschap #noabers #huismiddelen #wondhelers #ledenzetters #breukmeesters

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Land /// Urban areas in Drenthe To find out more check 📎 in bio #drenthe #land #research #netherlands

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Rhythm /// The rhythm of the imuum system - Researchers found that the body’s circadian clock controls an essential immune system gene. This gene helps the body ward off bacteria and viruses. This means that the time of vaccination influence the immune response which is suggesting that getting vaccinated at certain points in the day might dramatically impact the immune system’s ability to fight off certain sicknesses. Further study should give a better understanding of how specific immune markers are affected or changed by disruptions in our circadian rhythm, then the public can be better advised on how to potentially ward off sickness, especially when they might be more vulnerable to a cold, flu or virus. To find out more check out the tumblr in 🔗 in bio #drenthe #rituals #rhythm

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History /// 'Nail Trees’ (or ‘Fracture Trees’) were trees in which, while expressing a spell, nails were wrought to cure a fracture (hernia). The fracture would heal when the bark had grown over the nails. This ritual comes from Yde (Drenthe), where it was introduced in about 1835 by the blacksmith Nijenhuis. His daughter and granddaughter tried to continue it until it fell into disuse in the 30's of the last century. In front of the house of Nijenhuis are still two of the original four linden trees; in one of them are still nail heads. #drenthe #history #spijkerbomen #nailtrees #yde #wellbeing

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History /// Heritage and well being.

"A challenge for future healthcare is, as some of the cluster’s scholars from UCL recently have argued in a major article in The Lancet on ‘Culture and Health’, that it is unproductive from a health perspective as well as reductive intellectually to divorce the medical from the cultural: "If the role of cultural systems of value in health is ignored, biological wellness can be focused on as the sole measure of wellbeing, and the potential for culture to become a key component in health maintenance and promotion can be eroded". The existential question ‘What makes life worth living?’ that ultimately defines what wellbeing is about, is seldom given a theoretical answer in society at large, but rather a practical, through a relation to a particular cultural heritage. Even deeply ‘spiritual’ matters are, as can be seen from a critical heritage perspective, ‘materially’ mediated in relation to concrete heritage. This does not imply, in modern societies, a static relation to heritage, however, but rather a ‘making do’ or negotiation with what plural traditions provide. But there is no question that heritage is called upon to make sense of what constitutes wellbeing. The past is mobilized in the present for future wellbeing"

Heritage and Well being - Article by Niclas Hagen, Ola Sigurdson University of Gothenburg and Beverley Butler at UCL, London

Photo: Typical Drenthe wall making in the farms and agricultural communities. In the past the straw was the cheapest material to find for house building, protecting the crops, animals and family. Since the straw became more expensive than bricks, this craft original role transformed from practical function into social and identity needs of human beings. Source: Drenthe archive