 Many an elderly birthday boy is gladdened with a serenade, many a fellow citizen, whom we are guiding on his last journey, is honoured with a song.” Old customs are still kept.On Walpurgis Night, the young lads raise a Maypole to music.The most important village festival is the kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the "Kerwe"), which is held on the first weekend in August.