TEL AVIV, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Some 200 people competed in boat races on Tuesday at the Yarkon River Park in Tel Aviv to celebrate the Duanwu Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in a colorful extravaganza.
The event was co-organized by the Confucius Institute at Tel Aviv University, the Chinese embassy to Israel and the Daniel Rowing Center in Tel Aviv. According to the organizers, nearly 1,000 people, Israelis and Chinese alike, took part in the celebration with their friends and families cheering for them -- including a particularly eye-catching group dressed as pandas.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-06/04/c_133383093.htm
The event was co-organized by the Confucius Institute at Tel Aviv University, the Chinese embassy to Israel and the Daniel Rowing Center in Tel Aviv. According to the organizers, nearly 1,000 people, Israelis and Chinese alike, took part in the celebration with their friends and families cheering for them -- including a particularly eye-catching group dressed as pandas.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-06/04/c_133383093.htm