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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(English) https://www.army.mil/article/199897/c...
(English) https://denboschfreetours.wordpress.c...
(English) https://integratedexpat.wordpress.com...
(English List of names) https://heavenly-holland.com/carnival...
(Dutch) https://www.oeteldonk.org/over-oeteld...
(Dutch) https://www.fenvlaanderen.be/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/Carniva...

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