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Celebrating 2009 Dragon Boat Festival
by Theodore Scott
The Duanwu Jie, called the Dragon Boat Festival in English, is on May 28th this year. People usually celebrate this Chinese holiday festival by wearing perfume pouches, eating rice wrapped in bamboo leaves, and racing long wooden boats. The boats are decorated with dragons and have 20 paddlers, with a steersman in the back and a drummer in the front.
With the approaching summer, people all over are preparing. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated worldwide, but often not on the official date.
If you can’t make it to Hong Kong, then you can probably find one in your city. In the United States, major cities will be celebrating throughout the coming months. A few U.S. festival dates are listed below, but there are many more out there:
- Boston, MA – June 6th & 7th
- St. Paul, MN – July 11th & 12th
- Long Beach, CA – August 1st & 2nd
- New York, NY – August 8th & 9th
- Seattle, WA – August 22nd & 23rd
Looking for accommodation in time for the Festival? Lots of cheap Hong Kong hotels to choose from here!
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Theodore Scott has moved ten times in the past ten years. He recently landed in Texas. He plans, for the sake of his dog, to make it last longer this time. His writing and photography can be found at www.theodorescott.com.
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May 19th, 2009
Nejime on Osumi Peninsula in Japan. It’s a big thing.
May 24th, 2009
Gee, not expected it to be celebrated 2 month after the festival day. In China, it’s around May 28th, if not exactly on the day. Dragon boats competition and family-made Zongzi (sticky “rice wrapped in bamboo leaves”) are the two major things in China.
July 27th, 2009
In 2008 I was in HK at Stanley Beach for the celebration; simply an insane time.
stay adventurous,
Craig