Kite flying on clean Monday
In Greece it is tradition on the Monday after carnival to fly a kite. This Monday is called clean Monday because it is the day fasting starts for the Orthodox Christians, that will last for 40 days until Easter.
The flying of the kite represents the freedom of the human soul and that it belongs into the sky, so every Clean Monday if the weather is good people out and fly kites.
Filimon
Kite Festival in India
Flying kite is a fun sport played across India. Different state of India associate with different festival and time , of which most popular is flying kites during festival of Uttarayana ( Makara Sankranthi). This day marks transition of the sun into Capricorn zodiac sign (Makar = Capricorn, Sankranti = transition) and thus ending winter season and begins the arrival of the spring in India.
On this occasion people gather around terrace or roof tops with friends and families to fly the kites.The skies can be seen filled with the colorful and different shapes of beautiful kites soaring high. Major kite festivals are organized across country at Rajasthan, Delhi and Gujarath
The main competition is to battle nearby kite-flyers to cut their strings and bring down their kites.For this the kites are attached to a spool of manja, special kite-string coated with a mixture of glue and glass to be as sharp as possible for cutting strings of rival kites. Kite cutting contest are organized where participants try cutting each others kite strings.
People also enjoy friendly pass time just flying their kites up in sky .
Bindya
Flying kites are for summer
In Spain we don't have any particular holiday or event for flying kites. But they are usually seen in summer months. When people gather at the beach, they enjoy playing tennis, sand castles and flying kites. When you are tired, you can tie it to the beach umbrella or chair, and it keeps flying.
Some years ago in some beaches, a man sold small planes made of light white cork that were very nice.
Emilio
In Greece it is tradition on the Monday after carnival to fly a kite. This Monday is called clean Monday because it is the day fasting starts for the Orthodox Christians, that will last for 40 days until Easter.
The flying of the kite represents the freedom of the human soul and that it belongs into the sky, so every Clean Monday if the weather is good people out and fly kites.
Filimon
Kite Festival in India
Flying kite is a fun sport played across India. Different state of India associate with different festival and time , of which most popular is flying kites during festival of Uttarayana ( Makara Sankranthi). This day marks transition of the sun into Capricorn zodiac sign (Makar = Capricorn, Sankranti = transition) and thus ending winter season and begins the arrival of the spring in India.
On this occasion people gather around terrace or roof tops with friends and families to fly the kites.The skies can be seen filled with the colorful and different shapes of beautiful kites soaring high. Major kite festivals are organized across country at Rajasthan, Delhi and Gujarath
The main competition is to battle nearby kite-flyers to cut their strings and bring down their kites.For this the kites are attached to a spool of manja, special kite-string coated with a mixture of glue and glass to be as sharp as possible for cutting strings of rival kites. Kite cutting contest are organized where participants try cutting each others kite strings.
People also enjoy friendly pass time just flying their kites up in sky .
Bindya
Flying kites are for summer
In Spain we don't have any particular holiday or event for flying kites. But they are usually seen in summer months. When people gather at the beach, they enjoy playing tennis, sand castles and flying kites. When you are tired, you can tie it to the beach umbrella or chair, and it keeps flying.
Some years ago in some beaches, a man sold small planes made of light white cork that were very nice.
Emilio
