School children drum for Drumming Day 2013

a Over a hundred school children make as much noise as possible for Drumming Day 2013. CEO of Euronext Amsterdam, Cees Vermaas, sounds the gongjoined by a procession of children from various schools in Amsterdam as they march across the trading floor with their drums.Drumming Day is an annual event commemorating the orphan who prevented the destruction of the exchange building by the Spaniards during the Dutch War of Independence in the 17th century. To thank him, children were allowed to bang their drums at the exchange trading floor one day a year, an ancient tradition that has been reinstated at Euronext Amsterdam.For more information: www.aex.nl/beurstrommelenDownload photo