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It's Dragon Boat Festival Here in Taiwan (With Pictures)

37 points| 4monthsaway | 2 years ago |jjpryor.substack.com

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Hasnep|2 years ago

The author says the Hakka are Taiwanese aboriginal people, but I'm not sure they are. They're not recognised as aboriginal by the Taiwanese government [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples_of_...

cbilson|2 years ago

They are absolutely not. The author is clearly confused from drinking too much 雄黃酒 even while claiming the contrary.

hbcondo714|2 years ago

Nice pics, having the Night Markets really adds to the festivities. Here is some info + pics on the dragon boat events here in Southern California:

https://www.scdbc.org/

lormayna|2 years ago

Are the traditions similar in Mainland China?

qingsi|2 years ago

Yes, very much so.