Dragon boat festival: a tribute

Updated On Jun 13, 2013 02:09 am IST
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Teams take part in the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei. Some 234 teams from local and foreign countries took part in the annual Dragon Boat Festival. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Teams take part in the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei. Some 234 teams from local and foreign countries took part in the annual Dragon Boat Festival. AFP

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Participants wearing Chinese traditional clothing and masks dance during celebrations for the Dragon Boat Festival at a park in Nantong, Jiangsu province. Reuters expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants wearing Chinese traditional clothing and masks dance during celebrations for the Dragon Boat Festival at a park in Nantong, Jiangsu province. Reuters

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Participants paddle a dragon boat during a fair to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on a wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants paddle a dragon boat during a fair to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on a wetland in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters

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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AP

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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AP

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Participants compete in a dragon boat race to mark the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Hong Kong's Aberdeen fishing port. Reuters expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race to mark the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Hong Kong's Aberdeen fishing port. Reuters

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Supporters and team members stand on boats as they watch the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Supporters and team members stand on boats as they watch the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP

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Competitors paddle during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Competitors paddle during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP

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Competitors paddle during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Competitors paddle during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP

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Competitors wave to the cheering crowd during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. Dragon Boat racing dates back over 2,000 years and has now developed into a serious sport on the calendar of many countries around the world. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Competitors wave to the cheering crowd during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. Dragon Boat racing dates back over 2,000 years and has now developed into a serious sport on the calendar of many countries around the world. AFP

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Competitors paddle past high rise residential buildings during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Competitors paddle past high rise residential buildings during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. AFP

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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. The festival, falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who committed suicide in the Miluo River after he was exiled. AP expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the dragon boat festival in Hong Kong. The festival, falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who committed suicide in the Miluo River after he was exiled. AP

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