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The magic of dragon boat racing

06/08/2010 09:25:00
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The magic of dragon boat racing

by Natalie Leung

Cheering and drum beats broke the tranquillity in Nam Van Lake last week. Nearly 4,000 athletes from Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and as far as the southern Caribbean and the United Arab Emirates descended on Macau with their racing paddles and marched into the purpose-built Nautical Centre, where boats of different sizes with decorative Chinesestyle dragon heads and tails were eagerly waiting to fly on the water in the sun.
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