This evening I heard a slow boom ... boom ... boom outside my window. When I went to look, nothing was there and the sound faded away. Within 15 minutes the slow, steady thump returned, gradually growing louder. This time I made it to the window quickly and snapped a picture of ... well, I'm not sure what's going on. A man at the front of a long boat pounded time on a drum as the other men rowed. The boat seems to be decked out as a dragon -- doesn't that look like scales on the side, and a tail on the back with the head at the front? Or is that a tail near the drummer and a head on the other end? I can't tell, but I'm sticking with my theory of a dragon theme to the vessel.
Anyone have a clue what's going in the photo?
I think this is dragon boat racing, albeit that the boat looks shorter than in other pictures. See http://www.dragonboat.org.uk
ReplyDeleteThat's a likely explanation! But I only saw the one boat, so either they were practicing or they were racing themselves, lol.
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