Dragon boat race

Dragon Boat Racing is a Chinese tradition very popular in Southern China. For some reason has been adopted by the Germans up here, who probably thought it was fun to paddle like crazy dressed up in "colourful" costumes. It is not celebrated exactly on the 5th day of the 5th (lunar) month, as in China, but somewhere during summer, to make sure the weather will be good.

Lübeck's Dragon Boat Race is 11 years old. It is one of the biggest company-events of Northern Germany (or so they say). Crews are composed of whomever feels like paddling, and sponsored by the companies. Main thing seems to be to have a good time, and dressing up in weird ways. Like, there was a crew of sausages whose drummer was a ketchup bottle. This was the team for a brand called Prima.