»Dragon boat« festival – boat racing on lake Bled
Confucius institute of the Faculty of Economics once again organized, within the month of Chinese culture, “Dragon Boat” festival and “Dragon boat” racing. Celebration was held at Sunday, June 09th 2013, between 11:30 and 16:30 on Bled – Velika Zaka. Besides the competition we also organized numerous traditional Chinese games and provided some Chinese appetizers.
Chinese are celebrating festival »Duanwu« now more than two thousand years. This festival is determined by Chinese calendar and they celebrate it every year on May 5th, which represents the mid-summer. On this day they prepare tipical Chinese food »Zongzi« and organize many cultural events, such as competition of “Dragon boats”, which makes this holiday also known as “Dragon Boat Festival”.
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