Dragon Boat Logo
- East – joss sticks representing wood
- West – flowers representing metal
- South – candles representing fire
- North – water representing its elemental self
- Centre – fruit representing the earth
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Splashing Flyers Racers
Wet, Wild and Weary Team
My shirt 25 years ago
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You truly do embrace culture that surrounds you. Thanks for sharing this with us.
There are so much going on this weekend, including the Greek Festival. This is just the beginning.
Greek Festival ! Woo Hoo ! You better go for me.
A friend of mine is now in her second year of the race via her job. We would go see it (I think this year’s is coming up this week-end), but the whole thing has a long stretch from one end to the other. I cannot walk that much any more. But I do watch the TV reports and newspaper articles, and then the photos my friend took. It looks like so much fun. She also says it is comical to be in her boat compared to some other who seem professional, but fun takes precedence!
Great post, P! Thanks. 🙂
It is so much fun. It feels like that the boat is flying above the water as we listen to the beat of the drums. Fast drums, the faster we rowed. Pure high. It’s great, Tk. Can’t do it anymore. 😛
Yes, it does sound like fun, I admit. My friend was the drummer last year, and though it seemed quite the challenge, it also sounded like she enjoyed it!
There’s something else we can add to our list of “I did it, but can’t do it anymnore”. 🙂
😆 Yup! 😆
Flowers representing metal? I can make all the connections, but wonder what the story is behind how this came to be. Do you know? Love the photos. You are very pretty, then and now. ❤
Oh, no. That’s not me! Those are the new and younger paddlers. Mine was twenty five years ago. 😛
I will check why flower is a metal.
I swear I looked at her face and your photo here and thought I saw a resemblance. And, it was also taking in your beautiful face in the photo you use at this site. I don’t like to make people feel self-conscious, but… (lol) you are lovely. ❤
Mwah???? tee hee. I am the one hiding behind the brain. Modesty aside, I do have lots of good picture of me but I get tired looking at my face, that is the reason why I don’t use a picture of me as a gravatar. Nothing to do with being self-conscious.
Now, I’m a little confused, and being that I’m technically dumb, is the gravatar photo the one with the hand scarf on? If not you, do you have any photos on your site? If you do, I’d love a peek. Obviously, you’ve seen my old face, lol. 🙂 (All the above to the tune of “Getting to know you” – from The King & I, lol.
Oh yes, I did sent a picture of me in the contest I did. See If I can find the picture and I’ll e-mail it to you.
Oh, cool! 🙂
Just sent it to you.
Hi Paulette: Here’s a link about flower and metal:
http://agelessherbs.com/tcm/metal-element/
You are so full of life girl, love it!
Have to, I only have one life, Ms. D.
Sounds like fun; is it part of the New Year celebrations? 🙂
No, it’s the start of Summer! I suppose it’s winter over your side, eh? 😛
Me, I like dragons 😉
Even have a dragon tattoo to prove it!!
I remember reading that in one of your post, Ms. G. And I vaguely remember seeing it, too. 😛
Fascinating, always found this to fascinate me
Do you have dragon boat race in Scotland?
Nope, we have the occasional Chinese festival…They are good. Always try and go..
This was near my old house..
I guess it hasn’t travelled there yet. There are some countries that started doing. it.
Thank you for the tube.
No problem.
That was at Arthur Seat in Edinburgh.
There are tons more videos to the right of that one..
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