Photo of the Day 4

Ilan, Taiwan, 1993
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A stretch of open road in Taiwan lies empty due to heavy rains that canceled that year’s Dragon Boat Festival. This festival, held in the small northeast village of Ilan, features dragon boat races, firecrackers, and throngs of cheering spectators. Even as it forges forward with booming industries and soaring skyscrapers, Taiwan struggles to preserve fleeting tokens of its ancient heritage.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Taiwan," November 1993, National Geographic magazine)