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Dragon Boat Festival

September 21, 2007 Lindsay

I am excited to write about this festival because The Dragon Boat Festival was one of the first events I posted when we started IheartPGH.com.

The festival is back for another fun filled day of chinese culture…

The Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival features traditional Asian music, dance, and food, plus arts and crafts for the children. Asian art, clothing, jewelry, fans, and much more is available along the Dragon Stroll. Learn how to use chop sticks, experience time-honored martial arts, demonstrations of Chinese yo-yo, tai chi, and much more.

Visitors are also welcome to try their hand at Dragon Boating. Each ornately-carved boat is 44 feet long and features brightly-painted dragon heads and tails that loom ominously at the fore and aft of each craft. A Dragon Boat seats 20 paddlers, a steersperson and a drummer to sound the beat. This is a truly unique experience and one that you may never again encounter.

Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival Website – http://www.pittsburghdragonboatfestival.org/
September 22, 2007 – 11:00am to 7:00pm
South Side Riverfront Park

Teams will compete all day and there will be food and activities to learn about Chinese and Pan-Asian cultures in Pittsburgh.

Can’t Make the Festival: Check out Three Rivers Rowing Asociation for Dragon Boat outings (and other opportunities to get on the water)
Three Rivers Rowing Assocaiton – http://www.threeriversrowing.org

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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Clubs & Groups, Dance, Events, Outdoors, Sports Tagged With: Southside Flats

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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Comments

  1. steve says

    November 12, 2008 at 12:10 AM

    Phuket Dragon Boats is pleased to announce the date for the next Phuket International Dragon Boats
    Festival. Teams are invited from all over the world for the best competition that Thailand can offer on
    the superb lake at Nai Harn. The Dragon Boat Festival will be held the week before the Thai New Year.
    Registration day and practice day is friday the 3rd of April. The Regatta will take place at th weekend.
    Parties will be organized in the evening on the island in the lake. Teams can be IDPF registered teams,
    Corporate teams, Students or Youth teams, Novice teams and Charity teams.

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