Dragon Boat Festival
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The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional East Asian cultural and sporting event featuring dragon boat races, ceremonies, and community celebrations, often held on rivers or lakes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragon Boat Festival canonical | 7 |
| Duanwu Festival | 2 |
| Duanwu Jie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Dragon Boat Festival Context triple: [Lake Burley Griffin, hasEvent, Dragon Boat Festival]
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A.
Naha Hari (dragon boat festival)
Naha Hari is a traditional Okinawan dragon boat festival featuring colorful boat races, music, and cultural celebrations held annually in Naha, Japan.
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B.
Tet holiday
Tet holiday is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the country’s most important and widely celebrated festival marking the arrival of spring and a time for family reunions and ancestral worship.
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C.
Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
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D.
Golowan Festival
The Golowan Festival is a revived traditional midsummer celebration in Penzance, Cornwall, featuring parades, music, fireworks, and community arts events.
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E.
Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dragon Boat Festival Target entity description: The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional East Asian cultural and sporting event featuring dragon boat races, ceremonies, and community celebrations, often held on rivers or lakes.
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A.
Naha Hari (dragon boat festival)
Naha Hari is a traditional Okinawan dragon boat festival featuring colorful boat races, music, and cultural celebrations held annually in Naha, Japan.
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B.
Tet holiday
Tet holiday is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the country’s most important and widely celebrated festival marking the arrival of spring and a time for family reunions and ancestral worship.
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C.
Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
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D.
Golowan Festival
The Golowan Festival is a revived traditional midsummer celebration in Penzance, Cornwall, featuring parades, music, fireworks, and community arts events.
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E.
Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
East Asian festival
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cultural event ⓘ public holiday ⓘ sporting event ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Double Fifth Festival
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Dragon Boat Festival ⓘ
surface form:
Duanwu Festival
Dragon Boat Festival ⓘ
surface form:
Duanwu Jie
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| associatedWith |
Cao E
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Qu Yuan ⓘ Wu Zixu ⓘ |
| boatType | dragon boat ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
China
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Chinese diaspora communities ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| commemorates |
death of Qu Yuan
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loyalty and patriotism ⓘ |
| dragonBoatFeature | decorated with dragon heads and tails ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
bathing in herbal water
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dragon boat blessings and rituals ⓘ hanging mugwort and calamus ⓘ tying five-colored silk threads ⓘ wearing perfume pouches ⓘ |
| hasDate | 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar ⓘ |
| hasType |
Chinese festival
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boat racing festival ⓘ lunar festival ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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surface form:
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
|
| involves |
races on lakes
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races on rivers ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
ancestral worship
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ceremonial offerings ⓘ community celebrations ⓘ dragon boat racing ⓘ family gatherings ⓘ rituals to ward off evil ⓘ |
| occursInMonth |
June
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May ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese culture
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East Asian cultural heritage ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| religiousAspect |
ancestor veneration
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folk religion ⓘ |
| sport | dragon boat racing ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
health and well-being
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protection from evil spirits ⓘ warding off disease ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | early summer ⓘ |
| traditionalDrink | realgar wine ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
sticky rice dumplings
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zongzi ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2009 ⓘ |
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Subject: Dragon Boat Festival Description of subject: The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional East Asian cultural and sporting event featuring dragon boat races, ceremonies, and community celebrations, often held on rivers or lakes.
Referenced by (10)
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