Loof en Eerhuys (Praise and Honour house)
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In this double building you can find on the left hand side the famous hole the Laaf people emerged from and on the right the sacred gold statue to commemorate poor Father Laaf who died in the cold.
If you wish you may send some of your warmth to him by placing your hand on the indicated spot. He will like that very much. |
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- Excerpt from Lavenloop -
'So Ancient mother Lot is the only woman in our society. Some people think this is a little singular, and act a bit opprobrious. Others make inappropriate jokes. This is not justified however because mother Lot is goodness itself. You saw for yourself how her face is filled with warmth and kind tenderness. And only those who know her deepest secret would notice the soft mist of sorrow in her eyes. Brought about by a deep sadness locked deep within her and which will never leave her. This is because sometimes she spends her thoughts with her deceased husband. He is the only one who, when the cold overcame us, kicked the great bucket and passed away. What pains her the most is that dear ancient father Laaf froze to death in the ice while he was searching for her. Everyone had already gone down below into the warm earth and he did not realise his wife was among them. With our last ounce of strength we rescued his body from the ice and carried him off with us on our journey. And after we made a large golden statue in his image, we said our tearful goodbyes. We took the golden statue with us everywhere we went. Once we settled here we erected it in the Loof & Eerhuys which we will visit at some point. ''
'I cannot sufficiently describe what this building means to us Laaf. It contains everything that matters to our future and our past. On the right you will find the pit that we emerged from when first we came to the Efteling. It is our ancient well our umbilical cord, with an irrevocable past. If you listen at this well you can still hear Laaf’s digging their way here.
The golden effigy of our father Laaf is erected in the other half of the building. We erected it here in order to invite you visitors to transfer a little bit of your human warmth to him. You can do this with your hands, you’ll soon see how, When you do something very mystical happens. The warm glow of your heart will descend and underneath his feet a blazing glow can be distinguished. Father Laaf’s effigy expresses his joy and mutters grateful noises. In this way you give to him some of the warm he lacked that fateful night in the North Pole when he passed away. We made this statue because we could no longer stand Ancient mother Lot’s terrible grief. Fortunately we had just discovered the method for crafting with gold. We also just discovered that gold did not rust and shone more than the other metals. When work on the statue was completed we saw that peace had come over mother lot and that it had calmed the grief. She was delighted with the result. This is why we carry the statue with us all this time and finally put it up here in the Loof & Eerhuys. Please do donate some of your warmth. Mother Lot and all the Laafs thank you.'
'So Ancient mother Lot is the only woman in our society. Some people think this is a little singular, and act a bit opprobrious. Others make inappropriate jokes. This is not justified however because mother Lot is goodness itself. You saw for yourself how her face is filled with warmth and kind tenderness. And only those who know her deepest secret would notice the soft mist of sorrow in her eyes. Brought about by a deep sadness locked deep within her and which will never leave her. This is because sometimes she spends her thoughts with her deceased husband. He is the only one who, when the cold overcame us, kicked the great bucket and passed away. What pains her the most is that dear ancient father Laaf froze to death in the ice while he was searching for her. Everyone had already gone down below into the warm earth and he did not realise his wife was among them. With our last ounce of strength we rescued his body from the ice and carried him off with us on our journey. And after we made a large golden statue in his image, we said our tearful goodbyes. We took the golden statue with us everywhere we went. Once we settled here we erected it in the Loof & Eerhuys which we will visit at some point. ''
'I cannot sufficiently describe what this building means to us Laaf. It contains everything that matters to our future and our past. On the right you will find the pit that we emerged from when first we came to the Efteling. It is our ancient well our umbilical cord, with an irrevocable past. If you listen at this well you can still hear Laaf’s digging their way here.
The golden effigy of our father Laaf is erected in the other half of the building. We erected it here in order to invite you visitors to transfer a little bit of your human warmth to him. You can do this with your hands, you’ll soon see how, When you do something very mystical happens. The warm glow of your heart will descend and underneath his feet a blazing glow can be distinguished. Father Laaf’s effigy expresses his joy and mutters grateful noises. In this way you give to him some of the warm he lacked that fateful night in the North Pole when he passed away. We made this statue because we could no longer stand Ancient mother Lot’s terrible grief. Fortunately we had just discovered the method for crafting with gold. We also just discovered that gold did not rust and shone more than the other metals. When work on the statue was completed we saw that peace had come over mother lot and that it had calmed the grief. She was delighted with the result. This is why we carry the statue with us all this time and finally put it up here in the Loof & Eerhuys. Please do donate some of your warmth. Mother Lot and all the Laafs thank you.'
