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The Chinese Benevolent Association, CBA, and the Jamaica Dragon Boat Federation, JDBF, have collaborated to launch a new sport in Jamaica dubbed Dragon Boat Racing.
The Inaugural Jamaica Dragon Boat Festival is set for the Grand Hotel Excelsior Port Royal on Saturday and Sunday.
Dragon boat racing is described as a unique team sport that began in the Chinese villages. It requires team members to paddle in complete synchrony as one unit to the beating of a drum in the bow of the boat.
It is an established sport that is in over 75 countries including Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas in the Caribbean.
President of the CBA, Vincent Chang, praised the planning team and the Chinese Embassy for ensuring that the event could get off the ground this year.
Vincent Chang.
Chairman of the organising committee, Dalton Yap, says the event can be described in one word; exciting!
Dalton Yap.
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