(extra) lang weekend !

28 Mei = Dragonboat Festival in Taiwan (en grote delen van Centraal Asië)... en voor ons betekent dat vooral : "lang weekend", want de overheid heeft vrijdag een brugdag 'toegekend' (weliswaar te compenseren op zaterdag 6 Juni, maar goed daar denken we nu nog niet te veel aan !).

En meteen voor ons een goede gelegenheid om er nog eens op uit te trekken...op city trip naar Singapore. We verlengen het lange weekend nog met 2 extra dagjes, zodat we een extra lang weekend hebben, en we zo'n 5 volle dagen naar Singapore kunnen. Want hoewel op "een boogscheut" van Taiwan, is het toch nog zo'n 5 uren vliegen.

Verslagje volgt volgende week !

(Voor de liefhebbers, Dragonboat Festival = A dragon boat or "dragonboat" is a very long and narrow, canoe style human-powered boat now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago. While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of folk ritual, it emerged in modern times as an international "sport" in Hong Kong in 1976.
For competition events, dragon boats are generally rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails.
Dragon boat races are traditionally held as part of the annual Duanwu Festival observance in China. 19th century European observers of the racing ritual, not understanding the significance of Duan Wu, referred to the spectacle as a "dragon boat festival". Dragonboat festival racing, like Duanwu, is observed and celebrated in many areas of east Asia with significant populations of ethnic Chinese living there e.g. Singapore, Malaysia, and Greater China. The date is referred to as the "double fifth" since Duanwu is reckoned as the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which often falls on the Gregorian calendar month of June, but also rarely May or July. This is because Duanwu is reckoned annually in accordance with the traditional calendar system of China, which is a combination of solar and lunar cycles, unlike the Gregorian calendar system.- Wikipedia)