Mui Wo, on Lantau Island, is a small village but on the weeks leading up to the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations it gets livelier by the day as dragon boat teams practice nightly on the dark waters off the quiet beach. The eventual result was dragon boat racing, with its resounding drums and rhythmic paddling that throws up clouds of seawater in the heat of excitement at the race climax. Local favourites include the Police and Fire Services teams, though the local districts and fishermen groups are always well applauded by spectators. However, there’s something special about the Mui Wo event that is missing from the international, and it is all due to the well organised turn-out fermented by the village Rural Committee. Other teams are the Sea Cucumbers, Seagods, Lamma Dragons, and difficult to translate local Chinese teams, mens and womens.