These amazing parade floats are made out of flowers

There's nothing a little inter-neighborhood rivalry to really make groups of people dream up even more astounding creations.

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is made of flowers.

So is this:

Bloemencorso Zundert

And this:

Bloemencorso Zundert

These were all made for the Bloemencorso in the Dutch town of Zundert — an annual parade in which each of the town’s 20 hamlets builds a float made only of flowers. The hamlets compete against each other for the best float. They’re all beautiful, but there’s nothing like a little inter-neighborhood rivalry to really make groups of people dream up even more astounding creations.

Bloemencorso Zundert

Bloemencorso Zundert

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Amazing, right?

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