On Thursday 27th August, the Nations Parade followed by the Opening Ceremony will be held at the Festival site.
The Nations Parade is made of 3 simultaneous parades.
Please find below all organisational details about these parades.
Nations Parade
For the Nations Parade, the youngest representant of each nations is designated as a Flag Bearer. This list has been set up according to the information filled in on the dedicated online form by the participants.
Flags will be handed over to the leader of the team to which the flag-bearer belongs to at the end of the Team Leaders’ meeting on Thursday 27th, at 9.00am.
| First name | Last name | Team name | Country flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | Geddes | Lagan Dragons | IBCPC |
| Rocio | Leone | Rosas del Plata | Argentina |
| Cassandra | Bryant | Missabittatitti Pink Passion | Australia |
| Martina | Frankl | Vienna Pink Dragons | Austria |
| Kathleen | Vanbellinghen | Pink Ribonnettes United | Belgium |
| Leonice Alexandre | Pinto | LUA ROSA | Brasil |
| Madison | Glew | DragonFlyers | Canada |
| Maria Fernanda | Salinas | Fortale-Senos | Chile |
| Zhijian | Lin | SHANGHAI ANGELCARE DRAGON BOAT TEAM | China |
| Carolina Del Pilar | Posso Vergara | Latinoamerica en rosa | Colombia |
| Mariela | Chinchilla | Latinoamérica en Rosa | Costa Rica |
| Vesna | TELESMANIC-DOBRIC | DRAGONBOAT KLUB ZADAR | Croatia |
| Hilde | Borchgrevink | Copenhagen Dragon Boat Team | Denmark |
| Marie-Alis | Larroquette | Chères Dames de Loire | France |
| Anja | Ahrendt | Pink Ladies, Wiesbaden/Heilbronn | Germany |
| Katie | Higgins | Plurabelle Paddlers | Ireland |
| Roberta | Altobelli | ITALIAN DRAGON SISTERS | Italy |
| Kelly | Levet | BOOBOPS NZ | New Zealand |
| Raiza | Segundo | Latinoamérica en Rosa | Panama |
| Thiaba | Diene | Dragon Lionnes du Sénégal | Senegal |
| Karin | Wang | BCF Paddlers in the Pink | Singapore |
| Bronwyn | Burlison | Hope for the Breast | South Africa |
| María Mercedes | García Fornieles | Remama Dragao Rosa | Spain |
| Josefine | Rönnqvist | Pink Dragon Ladies Team Sweden | Sweden |
| Kerry | Kain | Pink Champagne | United Kingdom |
| Melisa | Palacios | Pink Paddling Power | United States of America |
3.00pm – Preparation of the Parade : teams leave the festival site to arrive at the “Esplanade”
4.00pm – Start of the Parade
5.00pm – Speeches, Eye-dotting and Opening Ceremony at the festival site
At the start of the parade, Nations will be organised as following :
Teams have been selected based on a fair distribution by continent then by nation within each continent. Teams for each nation were then selected by random draw, removing any duplicate club representations (two teams from the same club).
Each team present on the water will allow flags from all nations to be represented. The flags distribution is described below.
| Team Name | Team ID | Flag on the Boat | Boat color | Boat Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Boat Ladies Toulouse | 98 | France | Green | 1 |
| Dragon Dream Team - Dream | 45 | United States of America | Green | 2 |
| Pink Paddling Power | IT32 | United Kingdom | Green | 3 |
| Sunshine & Shamrocks | IT26 | Sweden | Green | 4 |
| Alberche Kayak Club BCP/ACP | 106 | Spain | Green | 5 |
| DAA Team Hope | 75 | South Africa | Green | 6 |
| Annapolis Dragon Boat Club | 64 | Singapour | Green | 7 |
| Drôles de Rames | 20 | Senegal | Purple | 1 |
| Vise-à-Vie | 36 | Panama | Purple | 2 |
| BOOBOPS NZ | 146 | New Zealand | Purple | 3 |
| TRIFOGLIO ROSA MESTRE | 101 | Italy | Purple | 4 |
| Plurabelle Paddlers | 13 | Ireland | Purple | 5 |
| Ladybugs | 5 | Germany | Purple | 6 |
| Pink Phoenix Portland | 56 | Denmark | Red | 1 |
| Women Alike A Breast A River | 83 | Croatia | Red | 2 |
| Warriors on Water | 118 | Costa Rica | Red | 3 |
| Pink Piston Paddlers | 115 | Colombia | Red | 4 |
| Shanghai Angelcare Dragon Boat Team | 108 | China | Red | 5 |
| Remo arriba concon - Olas de esperanza | 82 | Chili | Red | 6 |
| Pink Crusaders | 65 | Canada | Yellow | 1 |
| LUA ROSA | 141 | Brazil | Yellow | 2 |
| Pink Ladies Wiesbaden/Heilbronn | 126 | Belgium | Yellow | 3 |
| Dragons Abreast Canberra | 25 and IT 14 | Austria | Yellow | 4 |
| Dragons Abreast Australia Unity | 104 | Australia | Yellow | 5 |
| Seleccion Argentina En Rosa | 99 | Argentina | Yellow | 6 |
| Cher Dames de Loire | 52 | IBCPC | Yellow | 7 |
For safety reasons, you are only allowed to have a maximum of 16 paddlers in your boat for the Boat Parade. The helm needs to be a registered as a helm for the event. And the presence of a drummer is compulsory.
3.05pm – Teams called at the Marshalling Tent.
1st group : “Green” boats / 2nd group : “Purple” boats / 3rd group : “Red” boats / 4th group : “Yellow” boats
3.20pm – Teams start loading the boats
4.00pm – Boats ready, lined up with the start of the Nations Parade.
Boats slowly move synchronised with the Land Parade.
5.00pm – Boats arrive at the beach, ready for the eye dotting and Opening Ceremony.
Dragon Dance training sessions have been set up so all participants involved can have a chance to try the activity and get together before the Nations Parade Day.
Sessions are laid out as following:
| Date | Time | Team | Number of people |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/08/2026 | 10:15 | Dragonheart VT Sisters USA | 3 |
| 25/08/2026 | 10:15 | Dragon Boat Ladies Toulouse | 3 |
| 25/08/2026 | 10:15 | Beyond BC | 1 |
| 25/08/2026 | 10:15 | Rosas Del Plata | 1 |
| 25/08/2026 | 17:15 | AEDB GALATEA | 27 |
| 25/08/2026 | 17:15 | Derby City Dragons | 2 |
| 26/08/2026 | 10:45 | Pittsburgh Hearts of Steel | 1 |
| 26/08/2026 | 10:45 | AEDB PADDLING SPAIN BCS | 25 |
| 26/08/2026 | 10:45 | AEDB Mollitiam | 5 |
| 26/08/2026 | 10:45 | GoPink!DC | 2 |
| 26/08/2026 | 13:30 | Pink Pistons | 7 |
| 26/08/2026 | 13:30 | Dragonflyers | 2 |
| 26/08/2026 | 13:30 | Florence dragon lady ll | 1 |
| 26/08/2026 | 13:30 | SHANGHAI ANGELCARE DRAGON BOAT TEAM | 3 |
| 26/08/2026 | 13:30 | Dragons Abreast Australia - Thrive | 6 |
| 26/08/2026 | 14:45 | Pink Lightning Dragonboat Team | 1 |
| 26/08/2026 | 14:45 | Life is Bliss | 3 |
| 26/08/2026 | 14:45 | AEDB - Aurora | 7 |
| 26/08/2026 | 14:45 | Pink Albions | 6 |
| 26/08/2026 | 14:45 | Pink Phoenix Oregon | 1 |
12.45pm – Dragon Dancers to meet up at the Dragon Dance base camp.
1pm – Briefing and Dragons preparation
1.45pm – Circle of Life
3.00pm – Walk to the Start of the Parade
4.00pm – Start of the Parade
5.00pm – Parade ends at the Festival Site, the Dragons surround the participants.
The Dragons Parade follows the Land Parade
Once the Land Parade finishes, the Dragons surrounds the participants as shown below
