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Yippee, Dragon Boat Festival is coming
(CFP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-25 11:51

Yippee, Dragon Boat Festival is coming
A girl pores as a woman picks rainbow chenilles upon the coming Dragon Boat Festival in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu province, Sunday May 24, 2009. The traditional festival has a number of theories about its origins, one of which reckons it as a gala for daughters, who receive rainbow chenille as a blessing of longevity. [CFP]