This first picture is the front of one of the boats with their offering and incense for good luck. The guy in the front uses his oar to beat out a rhythm for the rowers. He also uses a whistle. Some of these guys get quite animated and flap their arms and chant; they are fun to watch. Some entire teams chant while they row to keep their rhythm. They race 2 boats at a time with only a few seconds between starts, so there is someone always racing. Each team is guaranteed 3 races and then it goes to the finals. I didn't look to see how many teams there was this year but in years past, there were over 450 teams. Boats are various lengths, the longest we saw had 78 people
on it. Fun stuff. Ronda
This first picture is the front of one of the boats with their offering and incense for good luck. The guy in the front uses his oar to beat out a rhythm for the rowers. He also uses a whistle. Some of these guys get quite animated and flap their arms and chant; they are fun to watch. Some entire teams chant while they row to keep their rhythm. They race 2 boats at a time with only a few seconds between starts, so there is someone always racing. Each team is guaranteed 3 races and then it goes to the finals. I didn't look to see how many teams there was this year but in years past, there were over 450 teams. Boats are various lengths, the longest we saw had 78 people
on it. Fun stuff. Ronda
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