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Kite runners at the Utarayana Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The bandaged lip could indicate an injury caused by manja. When the loser's kite string is cut, the kite drifts free with the wind until it falls to the ground. Kite running is the practice of running after these cut kites to try to capture them when they come down.
These types of sharp lines are used on fighter kites, known in India as patangs, to cut down other kites during kite fighting events. On the second night of the festival, illuminated kites filled with lights and candles known as tukals or tukkals are launched, creating a spectacle in the dark sky. [19]
Duelling chula and pakpao kites, part of the Thai kite-fighting tradition. Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manja, typically glass-coated cotton strands, to cut down the line of others.
Kite fighting has caused horrific injuries and even deaths, and a bill moving through Brazil's Congress is seeking to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of the razor-sharp lines nationwide ...
Unlike India, people in Nepal fly kites in August – September period and is more popular in time of Dashain. [56] Kites are very popular in India, with the states of Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab notable for their kite fighting festivals. Highly maneuverable single-string paper and bamboo kites are flown from ...
The association of kite flying with Basant soon became a Punjabi tradition with the centre in Lahore which remains the regional hub of the festival throughout the Punjab region. [6] Indeed, Maharaja Ranjit Singh held a darbar or court in Lahore on Basant which lasted ten days.
Kite flying is traditionally observed as a part of this festival. [74] On this occasion the sky in Jaipur and Hadoti regions is filled with kites, and youngsters engage in contests trying to cut each other's strings. [74] In Malwa and Nimar region kite flying is popular during makar Sankranti. [75]
Bristol International Kite Festival: 30,000 Europe: England: North Somerset: Bristol: Ashton Court estate: 1989 January 14-15 International Kite Festival India [5] 500,000 Asia: India: Gujarat: Ahmedabad: Sabarmati River Front @ Ashram Road: 1991 Summer August Portsmouth International Kite Festival [6] Europe: United Kingdom: South East England ...