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Image of Asia: Trying to catch a duck at Dragon Boat fest

Image of Asia: Trying to catch a duck at Dragon Boat fest | iNFOnews.ca
A man tries to catch a duck during a competition held as a part of the Dragon Boat Festival, known locally as "Peh Cun Festival", on the Cisadane river in Tanggerang, Indonesia, Thursday, June 9, 2016. The event is celebrated every fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Original Publication Date: June 8, 2016 10:56PM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 6:15AM

In this photo by Tatan Syuflana, a man tries to catch a duck during a competition held as a part of the Dragon Boat Festival, known locally as the Peh Cun Festival, on the Cisadane River in Tanggerang, Indonesia. The event, which originated in China as the Duanwu festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar and is marked by eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats.

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