Ex-national athlete Bernard Chew leads a team of people with disabilities and able-bodied paddlers. Read more at straitstimes ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - It was off to the races on Brush Creek Saturday morning as crowds gathered for the Kansas City International Dragon Boat Festival. They could hear the sound of the drums and ...

Riding on the rhythmic drum beat, a 25-meter-long, six-meter-wide dragon boat hit the narrow and twisting waterways at high speed, with 32 paddlers and six steers as well as the drummer on board.

A dragon boat weighs about 600 pounds. It holds 22 people, including 20 paddlers, one person who's called "the caller," who sits out front and hits the drum, and "the tiller," or the person who ...

On May 26, 2025, in Hunan, China, @Tánxīyìnghàn shared a video during the Dragon Boat Festival. In the video, the author is seen holding the drum ready before the dragon boat race starts. As ...

Dragon boat racing is described as a unique team sport that began in the Chinese villages. It requires team members paddling as one to the beating of a drum in the bow of the boat.

Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour waterfront erupted into a symphony of drum beats and splashing paddles over the weekend as the 2025 Sun Life Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races attracted ...

More than 2,000 paddlers and 72 teams are participating in the 46th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on ... A traditional Chinese waist drum dance will accompany the ceremony on-stage inside the ...

A team of fundraisers, supporters, volunteers and staff of a Newport hospice are set to take part in exciting event later this month.

A standard dragon boat race is 500 metres and takes about two to three minutes. Some festivals include short 200-metre races and longer 2,000-metre “guts and glory” races.