Seventh edition of the Dragon Boat Race this weekend

 

Over 400 competitors will complete on Saturday, and Sunday, in the seventh edition of the traditional Dragon Boat Race on the Amador Causeway

The organization of the activity, which is free, is in charge of the Panamanian Chinese Cultural Center, and in the 2022 edition, tribute is paid to the seventy-third anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The competition has 30 teams, in the collegiate, youth, mixed, open women’s, master, and cancer survivor categories.

Dragon boat racing is a traditional ancient sport in China and falls on the 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar