Global Connection | Dragon Boat Festival Zongzi Fragrant Rio Chinese and Pakistani People Spend the Festival Glutinous Rice | Zongzi | Global
Near the Dragon Boat Festival, residents of the San Marta community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lined up early in the morning to get Zongzi and food baskets. The teachers of Rio China International School patiently introduced that "Zongzi has sweet and salty tastes, and is a special food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is wrapped with leaves and filled with glutinous rice".
On the eve of the festival, the Brazilian China Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce brought more than 200 basic food baskets and more than 200 Zongzi to the residents of Santa Marta community, and shared the festive atmosphere of the traditional Chinese festival with them. Zheng Xiamao, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, said, "I hope the people of China and Pakistan can stick together like the glutinous rice in Zongzi, and the friendship will last forever."
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