 We are in beautiful City of Victoria downtown Inner Harbor to celebrate the beginning weekend of the Canada Drive Victoria Dragon Bowl Festival, the 18th Dragon Bowl Festival here in the City of Victoria. The purpose of the ceremony is to cleanse the area of competition, to bless the competitors and to charge the boats and their crews with the spirit of the dragon and the goddess of the sea. Which is actually quite appropriate given that in the traditional Chinese calendar this is the year of the water dragon, an event that only happens every 60 years. We are a province that is very multicultural and the Dragon Bowl Festival brings in performances from artists all around the province and certainly from all cultures to make sure that people are aware different foods are also available for purchase so it is a great festival where it really represents what we are as Canadians, what we are as British Columbians.