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Opposing teams formed by residents battle across the Nakanoguchi River using giants kites. The kites are hand made and painted by the team members for the duration of the preceding year. Each kite measures about 7 m × 3 m (23.0 ft × 9.8 ft) and typically sports a portrait of a samurai , local figure, or mascot signifying the area or team sponsor.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:48, 12 July 2007: 1,280 × 960 (226 KB) Tail furry {{Information |Description=Shirone Station, Niigata Kotsu Railway which became the abolished line on April 5, 1999. When a photograph was taken, it was just the inside for a period of Shirone Giant Kite Battle. A kite falls on a train ...
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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.
Rokkaku kite Rokkaku kites in Dieppe. The Rokkaku dako (六角凧) is a traditional six-sided Japanese fighter kite. Traditionally, it is made with bamboo spars and washi paper. The rokkaku kite is often hand painted with the face of a famous Samurai. The structure is a vertically stretched hexagon with a four-point bridle. One bamboo runs from ...
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In addition to the decorations, the recipient to one of the orders is also awarded a decoration diploma. The diploma is a certificate bearing the name of the recipient, the name of the order awarded, the date of the award, the name of the awarding authority, etc., along with the State Seal of Japan. The text and content of the diploma according ...
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