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Photos: Hundreds race in pumpkin kayaks in annual regatta

Participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins

Last updated: October 24, 2023 | 14:15

Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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A farmer carves out a giant pumpkin to create a pumpkin kayak to use in the Pumpkin Regatta in Kasterlee, Belgium.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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Workers carves out a giant pumpkin to create a pumpkin kayak.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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Hollowed out giant pumpkins sit in the water ahead of the Pumpkin Regatta.

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A participant paddles in a hollowed out giant pumpkin.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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The regatta, an initiative of the Kastelse Kayak Klub and the Pompoengenootschap Kasterlee, sees participants covering a distance of 100 meters paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins with a team of four sailors.

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