The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

In ancient China, large canals for river transport were established as far back as the Warring States ( 481 – 221 BC ), the longest one of that period being the Hong Gou ( Canal of the Wild Geese ), which according to the ancient historian Sima Qian connected the old states of Song, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Cao, and Wei.

The Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world.

* Lord Mayor's Show, one of the longest established and best known annual events in London which dates back to 1535.

In 1228, with the departure of the Almohad prince, Idris, who left Iberia to take the Almohad leadership, the ambitious Ibn al-Ahmar established the longest lasting Muslim dynasty on the Iberian peninsula-the Nasrids.

They established among the longest surviving artistic, musical and spiritual traditions known on Earth.

This procession is known as the " Lord Mayor's Show " and is one of the longest established and best known annual events in London.

His 37-year rule, the longest of a mature Swedish king so far ( subsequently passed by Gustav V and current Carl XVI Gustav ) saw a complete break with not only the Danish supremacy of the Union but also the Roman Catholic Church, whose assets were nationalised, with the Lutheran Church of Sweden established under his personal control.

As the largest and longest established state in Southern Africa, the Cape was economically, culturally, and socially dominant: by comparison, the population of Natal and the two Boer republics were mostly pastoralist, subsistence farmers.

It is speculated to be the first store in Acton and holds the distinction of being the town ’ s longest established business, merging into James Tuttle ’ s store in 1845 and operating under various names until 1950.

The United States Military Academy was established at West Point in 1802 and has the longest continuous service of any United States military installation and is the nation's oldest military academy.

The village's Fourth of July Parade, first established in 1894, is said to be the longest continuously celebrated such event in New Jersey and one of the oldest in the country.

Leith Links also has one of the longest established cricket pitches in Scotland, at 1820 ( late by English standards, but early for Scotland ).

Godfrey remains the longest serving principal conductor of the orchestra, and his stewardship ensured that, unlike many of the seaside orchestras that functioned from the end of the 19th century up until the outbreak of World War II, the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra established an ongoing tradition of music making.

The race continues to this day as the Bedford Kayak Marathon, and is the longest established canoe race in the UK.

While Australia has ubiquitous media coverage, the longest established part of that media is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC ), the Federal Government owned and funded organisation offering national TV and radio coverage.

The OECD Halden Reactor Project ( established in 1958 ) is one of the world's longest running international research collaborations, with 20 countries participating ( 2005 ) and the largest international research project in Norway.

George's reign of almost 50 years ( the longest in modern Greek history ) was characterized by territorial gains as Greece established its place in pre-World War I Europe.

The longest established employer in Cwmbran is biscuit maker Burton's Foods, who employ 1000 people to make its Jammy Dodgers and Wagon Wheels biscuits.

Music festivals include the annual Bratislava Music Festival ( Bratislavské hudobné slávnosti ), Indian Summer in Levoča ( Levočské babie leto ), Festival of Piešťany ( Piešťanský festival ), one of longest established festivals, dating from 1955, and many others.

It is Britain's longest established restaurant chain.

By the turn of the millennium the longest underwater cave system at that time, Ox Bel Ha was established by cave diving explorers whose combined efforts and information helped join segments of previously explored caves.

Russia maintains more smokejumpers than any other nation in the world ( several thousand ) and has the longest history of established smokejumping of any nation ( reportedly established in 1936 ; smokejumping was established in 1939 in the United States ).

Running for at least 16 continuous hours, but occasionally well beyond the 24 hours, they are the longest religious festival in Sicily and in Italy.

Jāņi ( pronounced ) is a Latvian festival held in the night from 23 June to 24 June to celebrate the summer solstice ( Midsummer ), the shortest night and longest day of the year.

The county hosts the longest running beach music festival on the East coast, is home to the legendary NASCAR team the Wood Brothers, and many more attractions each year provide a wide range of activities for every group of every age.

Thomasville hosts an annual " Everybody's Day Festival ", the longest running festival in the state.

One of the longest traditions in Yellville is the annual Turkey Trot festival.

As of 2011, the Watermelon Festival is the state of South Carolina's longest, continually-running festival.

Pleasant Grove is home to a unique summer festival, Strawberry Days, the longest continuing community celebration in Utah to date.

Sequim has held its Irrigation Festival every May since 1895., it is the longest continuously running festival in the state.

* The Summer Solstice Jazz Festival is a two day festival that salutes jazz music with local and national jazz performers and celebrates the longest day of the year.

The Misteri are amongst the oldest continuously running religious events in Europe, having been played every Good Friday since before the Easter of 1612, and running for at least 16 continuous hours, but occasionally well beyond the 24 hours ; they are the longest religious festival in Sicily and in Italy.

" The event lasts over two months, starting from the twelfth of the seventh month to the fifteenth of the ninth month by the Chinese lunar calendar, and spans for a total of 63 days, giving rise to its eponym as " the world ’ s longest festival ".

His music video " Snake Charmer " was screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in Toronto at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival.

The aim of the festival is to break the world record for the longest gumboot throw.

The Newport Folk Festival fell on hard times in the late 1960s, even closing its doors for a number of years beginning in 1971, but was revived in 1985, and has since become one of the major folk music festivals in the United States, alongside the Philadelphia Folk Festival, which began in 1960 and is now the longest continual running music festival in North America, and the Kerrville Folk Festival which began in 1972.

In Fall, the village puts on Japan's longest lion dance festival ( RENJISHI-連獅子 ).

The Canmore Folk Music Festival is the longest running music festival in Alberta, and in 2007 celebrated its 30th year.

Moomba ( also known as the Moomba Festival or Moomba Carnival ), held annually in Melbourne, is Australia's largest free community festival and one of the Australia's longest running community festivals.

During the winter, Dow's Lake freezes and becomes part of the world's longest skating rink and one of the primary sites of the Winterlude festival in February, with events such as the ' bed races ' and ' waiter races ' on the ice.

The theatre group is also host to Brisbane's longest running community theatre festival – the Yarrageh festival which is run in August / September each year at the Town Hall.

The Hornbill National Rock Contest, as the name suggests, is a National-level contest and boasts of being the longest music festival in the country, it being a seven-day-long festival.