After a two year hiatus, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival came back to Sloan's Lake with live music, food, performances, dragon boat racing and the colorful dragon dance.
After a two-year hiatus, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival came back to Sloan's Lake with live music, food, performances, dragon boat racing and the colorful dragon dance. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
With their 20 person crews, the 40-foot long dragon boats are moved into racing position on Sloan's Lake Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Dancers with Bella Diva World Dance perform during the 2022 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan's Lake Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Nicole Daley holds a board between her hands as Isaac Sadauskas, 9, pulls back his arm during a karate demonstration with Seo's Martial Arts. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Representative Jason Crow does the honor of painting the eyes on one of the competing dragon boats during Saturday's opening ceremony. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
A member of the Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu Organization helps carry the dragon during the dragon dance at the Dragon Boat Festival Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
People paddle a dragon boat down Sloan's Lake during the Dragon Boat races Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Hua Ping with the Step Into Melody Dancing Studio gets ready for her performance at the Dragon Boat Festival Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Students from the BBoy Factory show off their break dancing skills at the Dragon Boat Festival Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Members of Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu organization do a traditional drag dance by Sloan's Lake during the 2022 Dragon Boat Festival Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
People watch as the long body of a dragon is carried in for the opening ceremony of the Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan's Lake Saturday morning. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Monks from The Great Dharma Chan Monastery perform a purification ceremony as they chant a compassion mantra. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Monks from The Great Dharma Chan Monastery perform a purification ceremony as they chant a compassion mantra. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
The one-ton dragon boats, painted and blessed during the opening ceremony, sit along the dock, waiting for the race to begin. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Members of the Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu organization do a traditional drag dance at the start of the 2022 Dragon Boat Festival Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Competitors paddle the one-ton boat out onto Sloan's Lake for a dragon boat race Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)
Competitors prepare to move the one-ton boat out onto Sloan's Lake for a dragon boat race Saturday. (Sara Hertwig/for The Denver Gazette)