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Nagasaki dragon boat race

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Nagasaki Peiron Championship is held at Nagasaki port in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2014. The race is said to have been started 350 years ago by Chinese people living in Nagasaki.

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Nagasaki dragon boat race

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Nagasaki Peiron Championship is held at Nagasaki port in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2014. The race is said to have been started 350 years ago by Chinese people living in Nagasaki.

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Nagasaki peiron rowing races begin

NAGASAKI, Japan - Crews power their boats in the traditional summertime peiron rowing races on July 25 at Nagasaki Port in Nagasaki Prefecture. A total of 58 teams are participating in the two-day event.

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'Peiron' rowing race held in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - The ''Peiron'' rowing race, a traditional summer event in Nagasaki, is held in Nagasaki port on July 21, with 59 teams from Nagasaki and other prefectures taking part.

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29 teams compete in qualifier for Nagasaki dragon boat race

NAGASAKI, Japan - Two teams, from Japan (foreground) and Thailand, compete in a qualifier for the three-century-old annual dragon boat race in Nagasaki on July 23. Crews of about 30, on board narrow wooden crafts called 'Peiron,' raced 1.2 kilometers in Nagasaki harbor. A crowd of roughly 25,000 cheered the regatta under sunny skies as crew members beat drums and gongs on the boats. A total of 29 teams, including four from overseas -- Thailand, South Korea, the Netherlands and China -- took part in this year's event. Dragon boat racing originated in China.

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Women compete for 1st time in Nagasaki peiron meet

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women compete for the first time in Nagasaki's traditional peiron dragon-boat race on July 24 at the Matsugae pier in the southwestern Japanese city.

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Women to join Nagasaki peiron meet

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women from the Nagasaki prefectural office on July 21 train for the first women's peiron dragon-boat racing contest this weekend in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. City government employees, local housewives and other women will make up seven teams of 20 rowers, who will compete for the fastest finish over a distance of 1,200 meters.

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Women to join Nagasaki peiron meet

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women from the Nagasaki prefectural office on July 21 train for the first women's peiron dragon-boat racing contest this weekend in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. City government employees, local housewives and other women will make up seven teams of 20 rowers, who will compete for the fastest finish over a distance of 1,200 meters.

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29 teams compete in qualifier for Nagasaki dragon boat race

NAGASAKI, Japan - Two teams, from Japan (foreground) and Thailand, compete in a qualifier for the three-century-old annual dragon boat race in Nagasaki on July 23. Crews of about 30, on board narrow wooden crafts called 'Peiron,' raced 1.2 kilometers in Nagasaki harbor. A crowd of roughly 25,000 cheered the regatta under sunny skies as crew members beat drums and gongs on the boats. A total of 29 teams, including four from overseas -- Thailand, South Korea, the Netherlands and China -- took part in this year's event. Dragon boat racing originated in China.

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'Peiron' rowing race held in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - The ''Peiron'' rowing race, a traditional summer event in Nagasaki, is held in Nagasaki port on July 21, with 59 teams from Nagasaki and other prefectures taking part.

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Women compete for 1st time in Nagasaki peiron meet

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women compete for the first time in Nagasaki's traditional peiron dragon-boat race on July 24 at the Matsugae pier in the southwestern Japanese city.