Dragon Boat India and Traditional sports Federation
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About Us

About Us

Welcome to Dragon Boat India & Traditional Sports Federation

Promoting the Age Old Water Sport of Dragon Boat Racing in the country for the last couple of Years.The Dragon Boat Racing is a very popular and exciting event, especially in the sub-urban and rural areas.

We are a dedicated organization which promotes Dragon sport at international level. We are the only organization in India for this unique sport and affiliated to International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and the Asian Dragon Boat Federation (ADBF). We are one of the members out of 74 countries members in (IDBF) licensed to participate internationally and have been promoting it since five years.
This is quite a popular game in Kerala where it is celebrated as Onam festival and in West Bengal, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir. It was a regal sport in J & K where royal families used to organize such sports and still a famous sport there. Slowly and steadily different states in India is also growing interest in it, states like UP, MP, Haryana etc

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Future Plans and Vision

We are conducting currently four national level championships and about to start a junior level dragon boat championship. We are focussing on technical developments of individuals so that technical experts will be available for this sport in near future and individuals make it as their carrier also.

Championships Conducted

1st National Dragon Boat championship was held in Kolkata in 2008 2nd National Dragon Boat championship was held in Guwahati in 2009. 3rd National Dragon Boat championship was held in Bhopal in 2011. 4th National Dragon Boat championship was held in Alappuzha in 2012. 5th National Dragon Boat championship was held in Alappuzha in 2013-14. 6th National Dragon Boat championship was held in Bilaspur( Himachal Pardesh) in 2014. 7th National Dragon Boat championship was held in Gowahati(Assam) in 2015.8th National Dragon Boat championship was held in Gowahati(Assam) in 2017. We participated in the 8th Asian Dragon Boat Championship 2008 in Penang, Malaysia in July-August 2008 & in the 9th World Dragon Championship 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic in August 2009.

HISTORY

Dragon Boat Racing is an ancient Chinese sport, started in Hong Kong as an International Championship in the early 90's and spreading throughout the World from Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa to USA & Canada. Internationally Dragon Boat Racing is held as Competitions and Cultural Festivals. In ancient China, Chu Yuan, a poet, warrior, and loyal aid to the Emperor, fell victim to plots and deception, and fell out of favour with the Court. When the old Emperor died, Chu Yuan was unjustly banished and wandered the countryside writing poems he hoped would be heard and heeded by the new Emperor. Despondent, he finally threw himself into the Mi Lo River. His devoted followers, learning of his death, beat their paddles on the water and banged drums and gongs to frighten away the fish from Chu Yuan's body. Athletes all over the world still meet to commemorate Yuan's sacrifice for honour and justice. The sport has grown into an international competitive event, with Dragon Boat Races held around the globe from Hong Kong to Sydney and San Francisco to London.