Photos: Dragonboat Festival
Dragonboat races, Asian-style hot dogs and Chinese tamales headlined the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center.
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Pierson Chan focuses before he performs with the rest of the Lion Dance Team during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday, 1288 W. River Road. Kids squared off with balloon-propelled dragon boat races, while everyone dined on Asian-style hot dogs, Chinese tamales and Zongzi (sticky rice stuffed with meat and wrapped in bamboo). The annual festival commemorates the drowning death of patriotic poet Qu Yuan, when more than 2,000 years ago the Chinese people raced in boats to rescue the poet, scattering food in the river so he wouldn't go hungry.
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Honour Buscemi, right, 18, and Jeremy Lai, 10, prepare to perform with the rest of the Lion Dance Team during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road. Kids squared off with balloon-propelled dragon boat races, while everyone dined on Asian-style hot dogs, Chinese tamales and Zongzi (sticky rice stuffed with meat and wrapped in bamboo). The annual festival commemorates the drowning death of patriotic poet Qu Yuan, when more than 2,000 years ago the Chinese people raced in boats to rescue the poet, scattering food in the river so he wouldn't go hungry.
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Onlookers playfully shield themselves from the Lion Dance Team during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday.
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Andy Reilly, left, and Enez Lai, center, listen as David Gin explains the Dragonboat dogs (Chinese sausage wrapped in a dough) during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road. Kids squared off with balloon-propelled dragon boat races, while everyone dined on Asian-style hot dogs, Chinese tamales and Zongzi (sticky rice stuffed with meat and wrapped in bamboo). The annual festival commemorates the drowning death of patriotic poet Qu Yuan, when more than 2,000 years ago the Chinese people raced in boats to rescue the poet, scattering food in the river so he wouldn't go hungry.
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Volunteer Sylvi Gonzalez , left, registers a competition boat for Irey family, mom Sonya, center, Romeo, center right, and Max during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday.
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Rosalind Tao, center, snaps a cell phone photo of the food spread during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday.
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Ethan Knoepfle, center, 9, celebrates after his boat won the championship match during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road. Kids squared off with balloon-propelled dragon boat races, while everyone dined on Asian-style hot dogs, Chinese tamales and Zongzi (sticky rice stuffed with meat and wrapped in bamboo). The annual festival commemorates the drowning death of patriotic poet Qu Yuan, when more than 2,000 years ago the Chinese people raced in boats to rescue the poet, scattering food in the river so he wouldn't go hungry.
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Ethan Knoepfle, right, is congratulated by volunteer Andy Reilly, left, after his boat won the championship match over Andgella Valenzuela, background, during the Tucson Chinese Association's 2013 Dragonboat Festival on Saturday.
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