Collecting and Flying Kites

June 23-24 2012 The Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival is held on the beach, in the center of Lincoln City, at the D-River Wayside from 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend includes featured flyers, family-friendly activities like kite-making, a kid’s kite parade, and a mass ascension. This year’s theme is “Stars & Stripes” The festival will include kite flying demonstrations by experts, and some of the most colorful “big” kites in the world! Join us as we display a dizzying array of...Read Full Story

BEIJING: Beijing the capital of the People's Republic of China is known for its various festivals and events and is therefore visited by large number of tourists every year. Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping festival, International kite festival etc. are some of the important festivals celebrated in Beijing. Kite flying tradition dating back to over 100 years, began with the advent of spring in China. The festival’s major event in Beijing attracts lot of kite flying teams from all over the...Read Full Story

Kite festival which is also known as Uttarayan is a vibrant festival when you can see millions of kite enthusiasts pitch themselves at the rooftops, waves of flying kites overwhelm blue sky. Watch the sky with different kites with different colours, shapes and sizes. Family on rooftops with high music and kites enjoying on the auspicious occasion of Kite Festival. People of all ages fly kites from down to dusk. A feeling of anticipation, joy and jubilation grips all who celebrate the occasion...Read Full Story

Once again we headed over to Muizenberg to go and look at the awesome kites at the International Kite Festival.  I think I have become a little jaded (Sean would say spoilt!) but I found this years one not nearly as awesome as last years kite festival but that didn't mean that my children didn't.  I know that when next year comes rolling in, we will definitely be there again. I couldn't resist joining the children's queue to get a photo with Scoooooobbbby Doooooo!  Don't tell Sean;) And then...Read Full Story

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International Kite Festival of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - festival of Uttarayan or Makar SankrantiCelebrated In : Ahmedabad, Gujarat.Held on : 14th January, Every Year.To Celebrate : Makar SankrantiAttractions : Colourful kites of sizes and hues.International Kite Festival is held at Ahmedabad on January 14 every year, to coincide with the festival of Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti is a festival that heralds a change of season marking the movement of the sun into the northern...Read Full Story

Being bank holiday, it was off to Portsmouth Kite festival, probably the largest kite festival in Southern England. With a leisurely start (no mad packing session trying to get everything to fit in the car) and apart from a delay on the A3 (I should have taken the M3) we got to Portsmouth in plenty of time and setting up was merely a case of parking up the van; Southsea Common is so flat we didn't even need the leveling ramps. As is normal at Portsmouth, Saturday and Sunday were hard work...Read Full Story