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China's Dragon Boat Festival celebrated overseas

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STORY: China's Dragon Boat Festival celebrated overseas
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage 
DATELINE: June 10, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:28
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of activities to celebrate China's Dragon Boat Festival
2. various of Frankfurt Dragon Boat Festival
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Member of Team 1911er Lahndrachen
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): Member of Team Habor Dragons
5. various of the dragon boat race held in Cape Town 
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DONG GANG, Leader of the Chinese community in Cape Town
7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVINA MEYER, Member of the winner team
8. various of a concert held by the China Cultural Center in Malta 

STORYLINE:

Rich activities were held overseas to celebrate China's Dragon Boat Festival.

Germany

The Frankfurt Dragon Boat Festival attracted 20+ dragon boats to the event.

Over 500 participants from China, Germany, Italy, and other countries joined the race.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Member of Team 1911er Lahndrachen
"I think we have fun and it's very interesting for us. It's better to have the connecting between the countries. And we like it. It's good that we all are here."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): Member of Team Habor Dragons
"We are really happy to be here and see a little bit more of the Chinese culture."

South Africa

A dragon boat race was held in Cape Town on Saturday.

The race featured 10 teams competing in various categories, including 100-meter, 500-meter and the tug-of-war competitions.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DONG GANG, Leader of the Chinese community in Cape Town
"Dragon boat racing, as one of the most traditional cultural sports, originated in China. Therefore, as overseas Chinese, we are very happy to see it being inherited and developed abroad."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVINA MEYER, Member of the winner team
"The dragon boat itself is such a great team sport. We sit together, we are one team in a boat, we are all the same person, we are one person and that is great. And I think that is what we take from the Chinese culture."

Malta

The China Cultural Center in Malta celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival with a concert. 

Performances were presented featuring instruments such as the piano and the pipa.

After the concert, the audience had a taste of sweet zongzi.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)

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