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The Central Florida Summer Festival 2009
with Asian Food, Zongzi,
Cultural Performances and Karaoke
By Asia Trend
Photo by Gary Lau & Peter Lau
May 23, 2009
The first Central Florida Summer Festival 2009,
organized by Florida Chinese Business Association,
Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Greater Orlando,
Chinese American Association of Central Florida
and Kissimmee American Chinese Center,
attracted more than 600 attendees to celebrate
the Duanwu Festival (also known as Double
Fifth or Dragon Boat Festival)
with food, zongzi,
cultural performances and karaoke.
Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of
the fi fth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
is a signifi cant holiday celebrated in
China with the longest history. Duanwu
has been marked by eating zongzi and
racing dragon boats. It is originated
from the attempts to rescue the patriotic
poet Chu Yuan who was
drowned on the fifth day of the fifth
lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese
citizens threw bamboo leaves filled
with cooked rice (zongzi) into the
water.
Therefore the fish could
eat the rice rather than the hero
poet. They also beat drums
and splashed the water with
their paddles in order to keep
the fish and evil spirits from
his body. This later on
turned into the custom of
eating zongzi and paddling
Dragon Boat.
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