Chinese Emb. recommits support for The Bahamas Dragon Boat Festival

The Bahamas Dragon Boat Association President Dr. Christine Chen, along with a few members, recently met with Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas Yan Jiarong.

After providing the Ambassador with an update on the third Dragon Boat Festival's plans, Dr. Chen expressed her wish that the Chinese Embassy will continue to sponsor this occasion.

In the two years after the Bahamas Dragon Boat Association's founding, Ambassador Yan has expressed her sincere gratitude for the significant contributions the organisation has made to the promotion of both Chinese culture and the traditional boat racing sport.

Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas Yan Jiarong (centre) with members of The Bahamas Dragon Boat Association.

The Chinese diplomat promised to support the Association's efforts to organise the Dragon Boat Festival, preserve this traditional Chinese sport in the Bahamas, and highlight the rich cultural diversity of the Bahamas as well as the blending of traditional Chinese and Bahamian cultures, all of which will strengthen ties between

Chinese and Bahamian people.

The third annual Dragon Boat Festival, scheduled for October 12–13, 2024, at Goodmans Bay in The Bahamas, will see several people taking part.

Dragon boat racing is a thrilling water sport that has its roots in Guangdong Province, China's Pearl River Delta region. Large canoe-like vessels with intricately carved dragon heads and tails are designed to hold 22 teams, each of which has paddles and moves in time with the drummer on board.