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From YouTube: NTDF supports the 14th Annual Dragon Boat Festival
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Learn about upcoming events supported by the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund of the Office of Culture and Creative Services.
A
Did
you
know
that
Kansas
City
has
13
sister
cities,
including
Cheyenne
China?
Today
we
are
on
the
Country
Club
Plaza
on
Brush
Creek,
near
the
sister
city,
International
Bridge,
to
talk
about
an
upcoming
event
that
is
supported
by
the
neighborhood
Tourist
Development
Fund,
that
happens
on
June
9th,
and
it
is
a
Dragon
Boat
Festival
presented
by
the
Society
for
the
friendship
with
China.
Today
we
were
with
board
member
function
to
tell
us
all
about
the
event.
Thank
you
Frank
for
being
here
today,
you're
my
pleasure.
How
did
the
festival
originated
well.
B
In
China
in
the
ancient
Chinese
history,
the
festival
started
by
memorizing,
a
very
famous
patriotic
Chinese
politician
and
poet.
His
name
is
children.
He
was
very
well
known,
well
respected
by
the
people,
but
he
was
wronged
and
banished
by
his
Emperor.
Then.
Basically,
he
lived
during
that.
What's
called
a
warning
period
of
China
around
the
400
200
BC
and
eventually
upon
learning
his
country's
falling
and
taken
over
by
the
chain
warriors
he
out
of
despair.
He
committed
suicide
by
jumping
into
the
meal
or
a
river,
because
the
people
loved
him
so
much.
B
They
rushed
to
the
boats
and
try
to
save
him.
Then
they
throw
rice
dumplings
into
the
river
to
try
to
prevent
the
fish
from
eating
him.
They
also
beat
the
drums,
try
to
scare
away
the
evil.
Spirits,
that's
how
it
started.
So
year
after
year,
people
started
memorizing
him
by
having
the
Dragon
Boat
Festival
and
those
three
things
which
are
the
boat.
B
The
rice,
dumplings
and
the
drums
are
the
three
symbols
of
the
festival,
so
that
got
throughout
the
year
and
today
the
Dragon
Boat
Festival
is
really
something
celebrated
throughout
China
and
other
Asian
countries
as
well.
They
also
become
international
sports
in
Kansas
City.
It
really
is
the
brainchild
of
our
organization's
founder
and
as
an
option.
He
just
thought
such
a
great
tradition
if
we
could
bring
it
to
Kansas
City
becomes
part
of
the
culture
of
Kansas
City.
That
would
be
great.
A
B
Actually
other
than
the
Dragon
Boat
Race,
there
are
lots
of
other
activities.
We
will
have
cultural
performances
throughout
the
day
which
include
ethnic
dancing,
music
of
traditional
instruments
from
Asia
food.
We
would
have
some
arts
booth
children's
activities
throughout
the
day,
so
there
are
other
activities
as
well,
especially
sometimes
due
to
weather.
If
we
had
rain
right
before,
we
may
not
be
able
to
do
the
Dragon
Ball
race,
but
we'll
make
sure
the
other
cultural
activities
go
on
anyway.
Great
rare
shine
exactly
and
bring
or
shine
that
the
festival
go
on
and
it's.
A
B
Well,
actually,
for
each
year,
I
I
couldn't
remember
for
sure,
but
I
think
we
have
to
have
10
to
14
teams
competing
each
artist
depending
for
whatever
organization
or
group
who
might
be
interested.
You
can
always
just
organize
a
group
then
register
with
us
through
our
website,
or
we
have
a
contact
person.
You
can
contact,
that's
usually
how
the
groups
come
together
to
compete,
which
would
include
some
of
the
nonprofit
organizations
from
from
the
city
and
some
corporation,
some
other
some
other
groups
as
well.
That
sounds.
B
The
best
place
is
probably
our
organization's
website,
so
if,
if
you
would
use
the
Google
Kansas
City
Dragon
Boat
Festival,
it
will
bring
you
directly
to
our
website,
which
is
the
website
of
Society
for
friendship
with
China,
but
the
parks
and
the
Recreation
Department
does
a
fantastic
job,
getting
the
latest
information
on
their
website
as
well.
So
that's
a
good
place
to
find
two
wonderful
well.