In this article that I came across in
Lexis Nexis was talking about Dragon Boating. It talks about how a Dragon Boat race was stopped in
Penang Pesta because of a tragic death of a young man named Jacob Issac Fletcher. The race was stopped because this young man at the age of 19 years old, has drowned in the dam when he was on his break around 12:50pm. He was one of the aligners for the Dragon Boat race in the Teluk Bahang Dam. After countless hours of this young man missing the firemen, navy, and marine police wouldn't stop their search until they found the young man. Jacob's father and 12 other family members have rushed to the scene after they've been informed about the incident. His father said that Jacob has been through a number of Dragon Boat races and was doing that and rowing ever since he was 16 years old. His whole family is praying and hoping that they will find Jacob soon and bring him home safely. This is one of the second tragic Dragon Boat races were we've had someone gone missing or hurt. The first accident was in Penang as well in January 2010 where five Chung Ling High School students and a teacher drowned to death after their boat flipped on them. This was such a sad and tragic experience for everyone and was the first death that has occurred in Dragon Boat racing.
The next thing I will talk about is a journal article I found on
Pro Quest that talks about Dragon Boating. This article basically talks about how you will need a lot of strength to do Dragon Boating. Basically being on a Dragon Boat it's like being a well oiled machine where you have to be in sync with everyone to go faster and win the race! Being in sync with everyone on the boat will lead you across the finish line faster and will give you the chances to advance to the next races to compete for gold medals. We would have a lot of new paddlers but we would always encourage them to do better and for the veterans they would just rage for more and more racing because of the experience they have. Dragon Boat races are really fun to watch with family members and it is filled with joy and fun! Dragon Boat races start from high schoolers all the way from adults and the elderly. Legend says that there was a Chinese poet named Qu Yuan that drowned himself because of the corruption of the Chinese Government. Paddlers and Drumers would beat their drums and thrash their paddles in the water to keep evil spirits from preying on his body. This water sport has been very popular and has extended throughout the world.
On
Wikipedia I found out about the history and origins of Dragon Boating. Dragon Boating was founded in Guangdong Province in Southern China. It was one of a family's traditional Long Boat's that was founded throughout Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. Dragon Boating is a team water sport where there is 20 paddlers on the boat with a steers person and a drummer.
I thought that all of the links that I went to were very useful to me because I was able to find all the information needed.
Academic Sources:
http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.opac.sfsu.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?
http://0-search.proquest.com.opac.sfsu.edu/newsstand/docview/351853996/13D05635DB765743475/2?accountid=13802
Hey Wayne, this seems like a really interesting topic. I like how you found a sources that have personal stories behind them even though its a bit tragic. I'm definitatey intrigued by the blog but it also brings a few questions up. Like where are Dragon Boating events hosted or even just a little bit more information on the racing. I think it would be cool to know if there is any events hosted in the bay area so we could take a look. Other than that I believe you did a great job presenting these stories.
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