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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CLOSING

(231128) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in boat racing during the closing ceremony of the Water Festival on the Tonle Sap river of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 28, 2023. Cambodia's traditional Water Festival ended here Tuesday evening. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CLOSING

(231128) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in boat racing during the Water Festival on the Tonle Sap river of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 28, 2023. Cambodia's traditional Water Festival ended here Tuesday evening. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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Cambodia's Water Festival returns after 3-year hiatus due to pandemic

STORY: Cambodia's Water Festival returns after 3-year hiatus due to pandemic SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 26, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:01 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): LAY SOTHEARA, Boatman 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): YAN CHANTHAVY, Spectator 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): SETH SREYNE, Spectator 4. various of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni watching boat races 5. various of the boat race 6. various of people in the Water Festival STORYLINE: The annual Water Festival, Cambodia's grandest festival, returned on Sunday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Boat race is the centerpiece of the three-day festival, which sees tens of thousands of oarsmen and spectators from across the Southeast Asian nation flocking to the riverfront in the capital Phnom Penh. Bou Chumserey, vice chairman of the boat-racing technical control committee, said some 337 boats with about 20,417 crew members took part in this year's regatta. "Oarsmen will race their boa

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231126) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in the boat race in the Tonle Sap river during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 26, 2023. Cambodia celebrated the annual three-day Water Festival here on Sunday, reviving the more than 800-year-old tradition of boat races in the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231126) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in the boat race in the Tonle Sap river during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 26, 2023. The annual Water Festival, Cambodia's grandest festival, returned on Sunday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231126) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in the boat race in the Tonle Sap river during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 26, 2023. The annual Water Festival, Cambodia's grandest festival, returned on Sunday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231126) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in the boat race in the Tonle Sap river during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 26, 2023. The annual Water Festival, Cambodia's grandest festival, returned on Sunday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-WATER FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231126) -- PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen take part in the boat race in the Tonle Sap river during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 26, 2023. The annual Water Festival, Cambodia's grandest festival, returned on Sunday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGZHOU-FOSHAN-DRAGON BOATS-VILLAGERS-EXCHANGE (CN)

(230623) -- GUANGZHOU, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Oarsmen of a visiting dragon boat raise their oars at Pantangwuyue historical community in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on June 22, 2023. For many years during the Dragon Boat Festival, people of several villages in the Lingnan area follow a tradition to row dragon boats to visit their "dragon boat's relative". The 591-year-old Yanbu dragon boat has been enjoying a popularity in the border area of Guangzhou and Foshan, where dragon boat race has a long history, from as early as 1597. On that year, people rowing Yanbu dragon boat competed for the first time with another dragon boat from Pantang during the Dragon Boat Festival. Since then, villagers from both places forged a deep friendship and they established a "kinship" for the two dragon boats based on the age of the boats. The Yanbu dragon boat was called the "Qiye" (father), and the Pantang dragon boat was the "Qizai" (son). For hundreds of years, during every Dragon Boat Festival, it

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APEC leaders treated to Bangkok boat show

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai oarsmen propel royal boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok near the royal palace as part of a display put on for leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum following a banquet hosted by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Oct. 20.

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Admiral Makarov at Constantinople

Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1848-1904) Russian admiral in command of the Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Killed when his flagship 'Petropavlosk' struck a mine and sank in third month of the war. Pictured here at Constantinople on the Bosphorus in a rowing boat flying the flag of the Imperial Russian Navy. Date: circa 1903

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APEC leaders treated to Bangkok boat show

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai oarsmen propel royal boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok near the royal palace as part of a display put on for leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum following a banquet hosted by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Oct. 20. (Kyodo)