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The sport of dragon boat racing has its roots in an ancient folk ritual of contending villagers, which dates back 2000 years throughout southern China, and even further to the original games of Olympia in ancient Greece. Both dragon boat racing and the ancient Olympiad included aspects of religious observances and community celebrations, along ...
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Nathan Benderson Park, previously known as North Metro Park and Cooper Creek Park, is a 600-acre (240 ha) park in the U.S. state of Florida, owned by Sarasota County. [1] It incorporates a 400-acre (160 ha) artificial lake in northern Sarasota County, directly south of the Manatee County county line, west of Interstate 75.
Peiron (ペーロンPeiron) is a traditional Japanese paddled watercraft sport that has its roots in Chinese dragon boat racing. The term Peiron is derived from the Chinese expression 白龍 (Bai Long (white dragon)).
The dragon boat tradition returned in parts of China on Friday for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in late 2019, as restrictions are lifted along with a major drop in COVID-19 cases.
Dragon Boat Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2004, took first place in the 2007 Peachtree City festival, and competed in the 2014 ICBPC Festival in Sarasota, Florida. [ 92 ] Pink Steel , a breast cancer survivor team within the Steel City Dragons organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , won the 2010 U.S. Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew ...
Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years. ... Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition. June ...
The act of racing to search for his body in boats gradually became the cultural tradition of dragon boat racing, held on the anniversary of his death every year. Today, people still eat zongzi and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan's sacrifice on the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.