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Louisiana's dragon boat races have moved to a new lake

10-year-old dragon boat races have typically been held on the Alexandria side of the Red River.

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ALEXANDRIA, La. — The currents of the Red River have forced the Louisiana Dragon Boat Races to move to a new location.

Dragon boat racing is a team sport in which people in long, narrow boats bearing a dragon's head paddle to the beat of a drum.

Louisiana's 10-year-old dragon boat races have typically been held on the Alexandria side of the Red River. But the uncertainty of the river is prompting the event to move to Lake Buhlow in Pineville for this year's May 2 race day, and for the foreseeable future.

The Town Talk reports the lake was used for the races in 2016 and 2019 when conditions on the river were deemed unsafe because of high water, strong currents and debris.

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