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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 5, 20195:00 am| 9 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

Submissions from commenters are welcome at tools.balloon-juice.com

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter p.a..

Dragonboat races, every Sept. as part of the Pawt. Art Fest

Taken on 9/2017

Blackstone River, Pawtucket RI

Don’t remember which heat, but it was not the final.

Taken on 9/9/17

same

these boats are large compared to some other styles, and the folks on the dragonheads are unique; this race features pennants on poles for each lane at the finish line. It’s the dragonhead guy’s job to snatch the pennant: no pennant no victory.

Taken on 9/9/17

same

note the drummer facing back

Taken on 9/9/17

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sacking out

Taken on 9/9/17

same

it’s not all hard work

 

Thank you so much p.a., do send us more when you can.

 

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    April 5, 2019 at 6:19 am

    When the Olympics events were in Atlanta, i went to a few rowing events. It’s quite fun to watch in person.
    Dragonboats weren’t allowed unfortunately.

  2. 2.

    JeanneT

    April 5, 2019 at 6:31 am

    Dragon boats! I have never heard of such a thing – they would draw a whole different audience than the normal regatta’s held here do.

  3. 3.

    p.a.

    April 5, 2019 at 6:54 am

    @JeanneT: It’s a real social/cultural thing in for the Chinese (IDK about other E Asian cultures) and the teams work/train year round for the competitions. $ prizes and of course bragging rights.
    This event sponsored by a Taiwanese Culture group.

  4. 4.

    arrieve

    April 5, 2019 at 8:17 am

    New to me as well — I love the blurred motion shot with the oars flying. Thanks for sharing!

  5. 5.

    Mart

    April 5, 2019 at 8:50 am

    I can see myself as the drummer, blasting Billy Squire’s “The Stroke” on the headphones, driving the minions to the pennant. OK, actually I cannot really see it, but a boy can dream?

  6. 6.

    stinger

    April 5, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    Looks like fun!

  7. 7.

    Dan B

    April 5, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    Dragonboats have been common in Seattle. Haven’t heard about them for awhile but probably because they’re so common a oart of festivals. I bet the same is true of most west coast cities. Anybody?

  8. 8.

    StringOnAStick

    April 5, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    @Dan B: Denver has a dragon boat festival every year on Sloans Lake, I think usually in late April or early May.

    I work in a part of the block that is Sakura Square, a Japanese owned area that has a bronze bust of Governor Carr, who refused to put the Japanese Americans in internment camps (he klnew he was going to lose re-election, and the next guy carried out those orders). There’s always lots of posters for the dragon boat festival all over the building, so is this also a Japanese tradition as well?

  9. 9.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    April 5, 2019 at 6:58 pm

    Here in the San Francisco Bay area, it’s a big thing – lots of local clubs. Many are Chinese-American but also clubs with origins in the Japanese, Polynesian, Filipino, and everybody-else communities. Lots of women’s, youth, etc., clubs. There’s a big dragon-boat race series at Treasure Island every year – it’s tons of fun. When I was in Istanbul several years ago I saw posters around the university for a dragon boat series there, too (I can’t read much Turkish, but there were pictures and it seems the Turkish for dragon boat is “dragon”).

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