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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.
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.
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.
A kite surfer stranded on a California beach used rocks to spell "HELP," leading to his rescue Sunday, officials said.
During the Indian spring festival of Makar Sankranti, near the middle of January, millions of people fly kites all over northern India. Kite flying in Hyderabad starts a month before this, but kite flying/fighting is an important part of other celebrations, including Republic Day, Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, Viswakarma Puja day in late ...
While kite-fighting competitions are held safely in designated areas in countries like France and Chile, in Brazil, its widespread, unregulated use has caused numerous accidents over the years.
Basant kite Festival in Pakistan. In North India, and in the Punjab province of Pakistan, Basant is considered to be a seasonal festival and is celebrated as a spring festival of kites. [11] The festival marks the commencement of the spring season.
A kite surfer's GoPro camera captured the moment he collided with a juvenile humpback as it leapt from the sea off Sydney's Northern Beaches on Wednesday, 25 October. Jason Breen, 55, was surfing ...