Why do Dutch cities get renamed for 3 days a year?

For three days each year, Dutch cities get renamed. For example, the city I live in changes from Oosterhout to Kaaiendonk! This is all done as part of the Burgundian Carnival tradition, but let’s take a deeper look. It all started in Oeteldonk ...

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Read more:
(English) https://www.army.mil/article/199897/carnaval_in_the_netherlands_its_origins_and_traditions
(English) https://denboschfreetours.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/the-history-of-oeteldonk/
(English) https://integratedexpat.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/language-of-dutch-carnival-dialect-royalty-fools/
(English List of names) https://heavenly-holland.com/carnival-names/
(Dutch) https://www.oeteldonk.org/over-oeteldonk/geschiedenis
(Dutch) https://www.fenvlaanderen.be/carnaval/wat-carnaval
(Dutch) Atlas van de Nederlandse taal: Editie Nederland By Mathilde Jansen, Nicoline van der Sijs, Fieke Van der Gucht, Johan De Caluwe

Down the Wikipedia rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_the_Netherlands#Name_changing

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