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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!
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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
same
sacking out
Taken on 9/9/17
same
it’s not all hard work
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JPL
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.
JeanneT
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.
p.a.
@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.
arrieve
New to me as well — I love the blurred motion shot with the oars flying. Thanks for sharing!
Mart
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?
stinger
Looks like fun!
Dan B
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?
StringOnAStick
@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?
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
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”).