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Friday, September 24, 2010

Dragon Boat Festival

Went to the Dragon Boat Festival in Aberdeen this year. There are few event throughout Hong Kong. It was loud and full of people. A great event for the family.


 Old school fishing traps. It's interesting seeing that the newer version isn't that far off from the original design.




Real life dragon boat for us photo hungry touristy like people.







This was one of the trophies given to the winners. You can see the celebratory roasted pig right next to it.


So with so many people coming to an event, what do you do for seats? Bamboo of course! Bamboo is used everywhere here. It's environmentally friendly and just great to see still in use.



Fishing nets.





 Stanley's Dragon Boat Festival.





Cardboard dragon boat!
 A French team I believe that were stretching before the races. My kids joined in, which was fun to see.


 I don't know if you can see the dragon boat races in the background.


 There was a family swimming and grabbed up some crabs and other edible seafood.


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