Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK - September 2012; Dragon Boat Day is a long-established, annual charity fund raising event held on and alongside the River T

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK - September 2012; Dragon Boat Day is a long-established, annual charity fund raising event held on and alongside the River Thames in Abingdon-on-Thames. Needless today, Dragon Boat racing goes back a long way in China; it started in southern central China more than 2500 years ago.

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