{"id":183,"date":"2012-04-04T06:35:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T06:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\/blog\/?p=183"},"modified":"2020-07-21T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T10:21:01","slug":"countdown-to-the-5th-dragon-boat-festival-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/countdown-to-the-5th-dragon-boat-festival-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the 5th Dragon Boat Festival Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Extremely popular event at the Dubai Festival City, participants in abundance not second to the enormous crowds gathering to make it to this incredible event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Celebrate the fun in water, rowing and paddling with team spirits to reach the goal and crown with glory. Those who seek for excitement, a little bit of adventure and those who crave for challenge together with some fun and friends, Dragon Boat Festival isn\u2019t an event to miss. Some of the popular competing teams are American Dragons of Singapore, Daman Dragons, Xpert Learning, Abu Dhabi Mar, Tenaris Steel Dragons, NYU Abu Dhabi and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Celebrating for the fifth consecutive time, Dragon Boat Festival comes handy with the rest of colourful celebrations and feasts at the Dubai Festival City. The city and the festival is a galore of events, featuring a series of outdoor fun for all young at hearts. 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