ja! :) In the 1840s, many Dutch families settled in south central Iowa, forming the town of Pella (my ancestors were among the settlers). There is also a large Dutch community in northern Iowa in Orange City.
wow rly?! i din't know that well thats fun to know :) are there still ppl there that speak fully dutch? (man when i come to that states I'll be sure to visit :)
There aren't a lot of people in Pella who still speak Dutch-- you can hear it from some of the older generation but it's mostly dying out. It would be sweet if they taught it in the schools, but they don't.
Are you a native of the Netherlands?
We'd love to see you in Pella-- although you would probably find a lot of our American adaptations of Dutch traditions to be a little strange!
yep i'm a native Dutchman haha:) it surpriset me that the language didn't go like parents on children their children and their children on their children. like in little italy thair are still ppl that speak italian right? (i'm not sure)
For the first hundred years or so, the emphasis was on assimilation to the American culture. Children were told to stop speaking Dutch and get better at English. It was probably necessary to keep the town growing and thriving, but it's a pity to have lost it mostly!
Oh this is so great, I'd love to visit Pella now! And I want to speak Dutch there to the citizens! :-)
Leviwosc 2 days ago
Hahaha how funny!!
VivaLaTirsa 3 months ago
pofferjes are yummy!
tbfr3shy 2 years ago
That's so cool and yet weird to see! But very awesome!
LackingCommonSense 2 years ago
Hopper-jees?!?!!?
wtf!!!
learn some dutch!!
scrottums 2 years ago
Gozer, ze zitten in amerika.. Ik vond 't al heel wat dat ze "lang zal ze leven" konden zingen
LackingCommonSense 2 years ago
im from pella yaaaa
SpiffOrc 2 years ago
@SpiffOrc me to i was the last baby born in the pella hospital before they got it redone
nathanjjm 1 year ago
haha.
thats my town!!
ROCK ON PELLA!!!
mackeyandsmashley 3 years ago
OMG americans that sing lang zal ze leven i had never could have dreamed that.
What i see of the festival its FUN!!
thejking 3 years ago
Our Klokkenspel even plays the song. It's a beautiful sound you can hear all around town every day.
I just wish they'd shown the Pella High Marching Dutch instead of whichever band that was.
hantheroo 3 years ago
do you know if the dutch realy were in pella? becouse i thougt we only were in the state new york
thejking 3 years ago
ja! :) In the 1840s, many Dutch families settled in south central Iowa, forming the town of Pella (my ancestors were among the settlers). There is also a large Dutch community in northern Iowa in Orange City.
hantheroo 3 years ago
wow rly?! i din't know that well thats fun to know :) are there still ppl there that speak fully dutch? (man when i come to that states I'll be sure to visit :)
thejking 3 years ago
There aren't a lot of people in Pella who still speak Dutch-- you can hear it from some of the older generation but it's mostly dying out. It would be sweet if they taught it in the schools, but they don't.
Are you a native of the Netherlands?
We'd love to see you in Pella-- although you would probably find a lot of our American adaptations of Dutch traditions to be a little strange!
hantheroo 3 years ago
yep i'm a native Dutchman haha:) it surpriset me that the language didn't go like parents on children their children and their children on their children. like in little italy thair are still ppl that speak italian right? (i'm not sure)
thejking 3 years ago
For the first hundred years or so, the emphasis was on assimilation to the American culture. Children were told to stop speaking Dutch and get better at English. It was probably necessary to keep the town growing and thriving, but it's a pity to have lost it mostly!
hantheroo 3 years ago