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Courses De Bateaux-dragons - Luang Prabang - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Asia
Added on the 20/09/2012 - Copyright : Ivy Beccu
People wait to give alms to Buddhist monks during a daily alms-giving ritual at sunrise in Luang Prabang. IMAGES
Dragon boat race teams compete in Taiwan in an event held annually to commemorate the death of a legendary hero 2000 years ago. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Beijing, June 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) China celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional festival that commemorates the life and death of the poet Qu Yuan and for which people dress in hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, and hold lanterns to celebrate the holiday. FOOTAGE FROM THE BEIJING FESTIVAL
Beijing, Jun 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) Beijing prepares boats, driven by the force of rowers, are used every year to celebrate the so-called "Duanwu Jie", or Festival of Boats Dragon, the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar, in which rowing races are held in commemoration of the death of the poet Qu Yuan, who committed suicide by jumping into a river 2,300 years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE "DUANWU JIE" THAT WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON JUNE 14.