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The Dragon Boat or Duanwu Festival is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China. The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar the source of its alternate name the Double Fifth Festival. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar so the date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2012 it fell on June 23; in 2013 on June 12; and in 2014 it will occur on June 2.
