HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is an annual sporting and multicultural event held in August on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens

New York to celebrate the fifth moon of the lunar calendar.

In addition to providing audiences with traditional Chinese foods and performances, the festival, now in its 18th year, hosts over 150 dragon boat teams from across North America

The Hong Kong Tourism Bureau donated traditional teak wood boats to several cities including New York

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York City promoted and organized the inaugural Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York

The festival is now an independent non-profit company organized under the laws of the State of New York and receives its funding through sponsorships by various companies