Dragon Boat Races

[anunitu]

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i know about the ducky races,but not the bathtub ones,i think it was a one time washtubs

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rub a dub dub and all that.

[B. de Corbin]

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In Bath, Michigan, there is an annual bathtub race, and here in Alpena, we have a rubber ducky race on the Thunder Bay River. Does anybody know where the roots of these races are?

[Rae'ya]

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Dragon boat racing actually originated in China, though I think we can all appreciate how it might seem to be a Northern European thing!

[Torey]

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I always thought it would be awesome to get involved in this. There is a team here in Adelaide and a co-worker of mine does this with her partner.

[anunitu]

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i had not heard of them here before this

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the people in those boats do not seem Chinese to my eye,but what do I know.

[Juniper]

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Likely because Chinese people immigrated to the US and brought a piece of tradition with them? IDK I'm not an expert. I just like watching.

[anunitu]

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wondering why these are here in the US

here in china.

https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/dragon-boat-racing.htm

[Juniper]

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One of my Colleagues participates in the annual Dragon Boat Race here in Portland.

http://www.portlanddragonboats.com/

[anunitu]

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i remember something like that in Taiwan,in Kaohsiung

here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung

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i was there in the navy during the Vietnam war there and the tonkin gulf

[Austin.Apollo]

Where I am from we have dragon boat races. Paducah Kentucky http://riverdiscoverycenter.org/drag...s/registration
I didnt know if anybody would be interested in this or not but I thought I would let you know!I've never actually been but I want to.