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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]
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.
Berkeley Kite Festival: North America: United States: South-Western United States: Berkeley, California: Cesar Chavez park Berkeley Marina: 1986 September 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 ...
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]
Manja or Manjha, Hindi/Urdu for the abrasive coated fighting line as used in Pakistan and India. Basant Panchami, Spring festival of Hindus celebrated with kite-flying in India. Shakrain, Bengali kite festival; Uttarayan, The kite flying festival of northern India. The novel The Kite Runner, and the movie based on it.
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]
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 ...
Pongal is celebrated as a harvest festival in the southern states of India like Tamil Nadu. Although rituals and customs may vary, it is generally celebrated as a four-day festival. On the first day, unwanted household items are discarded and burned in bonfires to symbolize starting anew.