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2. Kite running - Wikipedia

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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.

3. International Kite Festival in Gujarat – Uttarayan - Wikipedia

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   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. [18]

4. List of kite festivals - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Fighter kite - Wikipedia

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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.

6. Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and ...

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   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 ...

7. Kite - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Sports broadcasting contracts in India - Wikipedia

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   Sports broadcasting contracts in India include: Multi-Sport events International Olympic Committee Summer Olympics - Sports18 & JioCinema Winter Olympics - DD Sports International Paralympic Committee Summer Paralympics - JioCinema Winter Paralympics - None Commonwealth Games Federation Commonwealth Games - Sony Sports Network & SonyLIV Olympic Council of Asia Asian Games - Sony Sports Network ...

9. Super Fight League - Wikipedia

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   The company has been named Pro Super Fight League and the first product to hit the market is the New Deodorant Range 'Aspire, Inspire and Desire'. The Super Fight League signed a new TV deal with ESPN Star Sport in India for all events to be shown live, starting with Super Fight League 14 on 29 March 2013. [6]