Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest

The Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest (abbreviated as OLS, literally translated Old Limburgian Shooters' Festival) is an annual shooting tournament during which shooting associations (Dutch: schutterijen; Limburgian: sjötterie) from across the region of Limburg, nowadays split in a Dutch and Belgian part, compete against each other.

[1] The winner organizes the event the following year and takes home "De Um", the highest prize for a shooter (schutter).

[2] Each schutterij, or shooting association participates in the tournament with 6 members.

carbine, with self-made bullets of lead, participants are required to shoot square blocks (called bölkes) from a stick.

[1] The OLS is recognised and protected as Intangible cultural heritage of Flanders and the Netherlands.

Two schutters of Koninklijke Schutterij Sint-Sebastiaan Sint-Huibrechts-Lille in Neerpelt
old newsreel footage of a Schuttersfeest with procession of schutters led by a guildmaster wearing guild shields
Guild shields of Overasselt