Spirits awakened at dragon boat opening ceremony

Six dragons awakened from their slumber and found themselves in Victoria’s Inner Harbour on Friday, just in time to take part in the 27th Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival, which runs until Sunday.

To welcome the competitors and spectators Christine Sam, a member of the Songhees Nation, sang and offered prayers to the assembled crowd. “It was an honour to have been invited to sing and offer a prayer at today’s ceremony, said Sam, 28. “We appreciate their acknowledgement.” Races will be suspended at various times to accommodate the arrival and departure of the Coho and Victoria Clipper ferries.

Standards range from recreational to competitive. “But they all share the same social aspect of the sport,” said Chia, who has been a co-chair of the society hosting the event for the past two years. She first picked up a paddle in 2019. “You get to meet people from all over the world,” she said. The event traces its roots to 1995, a year after Commonwealth Games spectators caught sight of a dragon boat plying the waters of the Inner Harbour for the first time.

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