The year 2025 is the Year of the Snake and besides celebrating it on land in Chinatown you can celebrate it in the water with the dragon boat competition this January 19.
How to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Buenos Aires: With Dragon Boat races on the water.
Dragon Boats is a water sport that arrived in Argentina in 2018, with its first competition in 2019. Since then, the discipline continues to gain followers, and is consolidating Argentina as the leading South American country in the development of this water sport.
Dragon Boats are canoes designed to accommodate 10 to 20 paddlers that have a bow in the shape of a dragon’s head and a majestic tail at the stern.
The team captain of each dragon boat leads and you recognize him because he is at the front of the two lines of paddlers and sets the pace with a synchronized drum.
The competition is not only a sporting event, but a fascinating spectacle that combines skill, coordination and the symbolic majesty of the dragon.
Mark your calendar for January 19, the date is in the waters of Puerto Madero’s Dock 1. The day will include an official opening and end with an evening closing and awards ceremony. This day starts at 9 am and ends at 8 pm.
If you are wondering how to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the summer, you can stroll around Puerto Madero, eat at one of its restaurants or free dining rooms. restaurants or free forks and take advantage of the view that each restaurant has of the river to watch the dragon races on the water. It couldn’t be a better lunch! And don’t leave until the end of the day with the medal ceremony.
📍Pierina Dealessi 1855. Dock 1. Puerto Madero
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