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Saturday 12th September 2009 www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/cambridge/ Get a team together and make a splash at the fifth Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival in aid of East Anglia's Children's Hospices! Festival Background One of the largest team events in the region, the 2009 Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival, supported by Star Radio, returns to Fen Ditton, Cambridge on Saturday 12th September - and you can be part of it! Teams of up to 11 people are invited to take part in a day of spectacular dragon boat racing in aid of East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH). All the dragon boats and racing equipment are provided and no previous experience is required - just plenty of team spirit! The Festival is a fantastic opportunity to try something completely different, promote your company/organization to a large local audience, foster good team spirit and raise money for EACH. The Festival was a sell-out last year attracting 50 teams and several thousand spectators and raising more than £17,000 for EACH so organizers, Gable Events, are recommending teams get their entries in early to secure a place. There will be again plenty of activities on the bankside to entertain teams and spectators throughout the day including Chinese lion dancing, children's activities, bar and catering and of course the Star Radio promotional team! To make sure your team is on the start line on 12th September call Gable Events today on 01780 470718 or visit www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/cambridgeThe History Dragon boat racing has an ancient Chinese history and the Festival is a re-enactment of a tragic event that took place more than 2000 years ago in the kingdom of Chu. Legend has it that falsely accused of treason and exiled by jealous rivals in the government, despairing warrior poet, Qu Yuan, threw himself into the Mi Lo River. Local fishermen rowed out to save the drowning poet and tried to rescue him from vicious fish by beating the water with their paddles. But their attempts failed and every year in Hong Kong a Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat) Festival is held as a mark of respect for the fishermen’s frantic efforts and to commemorate the tragic death of Qu Yuan. The dragon boat’s fierce looking dragon’s heads were added later to ward off evil spirits and in Hong Kong special dumplings are eaten to represent the dumplings that were thrown in to the river to stop the fish eating the mighty Qu’s body
Some photos from last year...
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