Dutch folk culture

thumb|Fierljeppen in Linschoten thumb|Newsreel footage of the 1961 Fierljeppen Championships in Winsum, Friesland|Winsum Fierljeppen (West Frisian compound of fier—"far" and ljeppen—"leaping") or polsstokverspringen is a traditional sport of the Netherlands, and of West Frisian people in the Dutch province of Fryslân. The sport is also traditionally popular in the province of Utrecht which produced record holder Jaco de Groot and Theo van Kooten.