A few weekends agone nosotros went along to a Dragon Boat racing regatta taking place at Marina Bay. My married adult man used to row in addition to compete when he was younger (just regular rowing non inwards dragon boats) and with his interest inwards the sport he was non bad to become and see some dragon boat racing when nosotros heard it was on. I'd seen strange exercise sessions along the Kallang river but nothing more, in addition to then this seemed similar the perfect chance to experience it. Dragon boat racing is believed to accept originated inwards southern fundamental Cathay to a greater extent than than 2500 years agone in addition to at that topographic point are a lot of rituals in addition to ceremonies attached to it. You tin read a lilliputian to a greater extent than nearly the history here.
This regatta saw a multifariousness of teams taking part, including the British, Gaelic, American and Australian teams (as good equally many more), several local academy teams, corporate teams in addition to some teams from neighbouring countries. The regatta took house over the whole weekend (we popped along both days) with numerous heats over longer in addition to shorter distances, with the teams competing to qualify for the lastly races.
As spectators nosotros were able to wander correct inwards alongside the teams warming upward in addition to preparing for their races equally good as, of course, walk around the Bay getting diverse views of all the action. In add-on to the racing, on the Promontory there were several nutrient stalls, a beer tent (complete with alive bands) and lots of fun activities for families, including facial expression upward paradigm in addition to all the commons things you'd hold off to meet at a job solid unit of measurement friendly event.
It was solely past times adventure that nosotros fifty-fifty realized this resultant was on but it was a fun in addition to different way to fill upward our weekend. If you lot are interested yourself I recommend you lot continue an eye out for future dragon boat racing events inwards Singapore.
