| The Boat races are held in Thailand every
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| | a maximum of 60 oarsmen. The oarsmen sit
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| year during the month of September when
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| | in two rows in order to make the boat
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| all the rivers and waterways are in full
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| | move with maximum speed. Each boat is
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| spate. The races are held across the
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| | given a different colored dress. All
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| country specially in provinces of
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| | oarsmen in a boat wear a similar outfits.
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| Pichit, Phitsanulok, Narathiwat, Nan,
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| | During the race, the boats are decorated
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| Angthong, Pathum Thani, Surat Thani and
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| | with a large number of flowers and
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| Ayutthaya.
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| | ribbons.
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| The boat racing is a traditional event in
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| | The boat race is a colorful festival,
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| Thailand. History of boat racing goes
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| | which attracts several local as well as
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| back to Ayutthaya kingdom, some 600 years
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| | the foreign spectators. The spectators
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| ago. During those times the boat races
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| | watch the sport with utmost enthusiasm
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| were held to keep men physically and
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| | and this lasts right till the end of the
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| mentally fit during times when there were
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| | race with spectators cheering their
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| constant shadows of war looming over the
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| | favorite team. The impromptu narration of
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| country. However, today boat races are
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| | the professional announcer makes the
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| entertainment and boat racing is
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| | sport all the more interesting and the
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| considered to be a national sport.
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| | spectators have a plenty of fun during
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| The boats used in boat racing are
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| | the sport. At the end of the race, the
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| constructed from a single large trunk of
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| | winning team is awarded a trophy and
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| a dugout tree. Each boat can accommodate
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| | prize.
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