Sart-Saint-Laurent
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Sart-Saint-Laurent is a small village located several kilometres from the provincial capital of Namur (Namen in Dutch) in Belgium. The village has a few streets of houses and is mostly surrounded by small farms and forests. The closest train station to the village is that of Floreffe, from there it is only a short ride into Namur. Many high school aged students from the village attend schools in and around Namur. University students sometimes study in nearby Namur, but many rural Belgians will prefer to study in Brussels and other parts of the country while renting a kot (a small flat).
Each year in the village, participants perform Saint Peter's March (la Marche de Saint-Pierre), a folkloric tradition in which participants bless their weapon by soaking the butt of their weapon, or the pole of the flag they will carry in the fountain of Saint Peter. Respectively, the village of Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter) performs the march of Saint Laurent.
