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The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) is an annual kite festival held in January in Gujarat, India, to celebrate the Uttarayan—the days in the Hindu calendar when winter begins turning to summer. [1]
Jeevan Kite & River Festival, Guwahati [11] Asia: India: Assam: Lower Assam: Guwahati: 2014 Summer March March Festival de pipas de Osasco South America: Brazil: Southern Brazil: Osasco, São Paulo state: 1969 May Third Saturday Franklin Park Kite and Bike Festival [12] (Formerly Great Boston Kite Festival) North America: United States ...
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The Tamil festival of Pongal coincides with Makar Sankranti, and celebrates Surya. It is a four-day festival in South India: Day 1: Bhogi Pandigai; Day 2: Thai Pongal; Day 3: Maattu Pongal; Day 4: Kaanum Pongal; The festival is celebrated four days from the last day of the Tamil month Margazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai (Pausha ...
Basant is a spring time kite flying event during the Basant Panchami festival in the Punjab. [1] According to the Punjabi calendar it is held on the fifth day of lunar month of Magha (in late January or early February) marking the start of spring .
A kite flying at Basant Panchami event. At least since the 19th century, kite flying on Basant has been a popular event in north India well as in the region around Lahore, Pakistan. Kite flying is also traditional in west India on Uttarayan, in Mathura on Viskwakarma Puja and in south India. [18]
Actor and model Hasib Mohammad, 23, who was showing children how to fly kites at the festival, said he wanted to give people “a taste of Afghan culture, because the way Afghanistan has been ...
Kite maker from India, image from Travels in India, including Sinde and the Punjab by H. E. Lloyd, 1845. Kite flying is popular in many Asian countries, where it often takes the form of "kite fighting", in which participants try to snag each other's kites or cut other kites down. [53]