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CAACF Dragon Boat Festival Picnic 2008
May 31, 2008
On Saturday, May 31st, the Chinese American Association
of Central Florida (CAACF) hosted its
4th annual Dragon Boat
Festival at Moss Park in Orlando . The sponsors included Esquire
Legal Group, C.T. HSU+ Associates, Panda Express, and First
Oriental Supermarket.
Families from all over Central Florida came to enjoy a day at
the park with delicious food provided
by Panda Express. The highlights
of the event were the exciting Dragon Boat races on the lake
with guests signing up and rowing with one of the eight teams for
t-shirts, medals
and bragging rights for next year’s festival! Esquire
Legal Group and C.T. Hsu + Associates
won the 1st and 2nd place
of the adult teams and CAACF won the metal of the family team.
The traditional rice dumplings Zong Zhi were also available to
celebrate the tradition.
The Dragon Boat races are held on or about the 5th day of
the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar
to commemorate a
great Chinese Poet Qu Yuan who drowned. When people heard
he had drowned,
they raced their boats to the lake and threw
Zong Zhi into the water to feed the fish
and thus save his body.
If you would like to participate in the future CAACF events,
please visit www.orlandochinese.org for more details.
By Gary King, president of CAACF 2008-09
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