23 huge kite festivals around the world - KiteFlyers India

BRIGHT KITES SKATE ACROSS the sky by the dozens — and sometimes the hundreds — in these worldwide kite festivals. There are single kites, single strings that fly tens of kites, and large, complex creations that require a whole team to get up in the air and flying. Go out and get some fresh air at one of these kite festivals.

(1) Berkeley Kite Festival
Berkeley Kite Festival / Held this year July 30th and 31st in Berkeley, California. Photo by maywong_photos.


(2) Festival of the Winds Bondi Beach Kite Festival
Festival of the Winds / In Bondi Beach, Australia, on September 11th this year. Photo by Brian Giesen.


(3) Brisbane Kite Festival
Brisbane Kite Festival / This one takes place annually in the spring (October or November) in Brisbane, Australia. Photo by MousyBoyWithGlasses.


(4) Bristol Kite Festival
Bristol Kite Festival / September 3 and 4 in Bristol, England. Photo by jo3hug.


(5) Busan Kite Festival
Busan International Kite Festival / South Korea throws this one annually on the last week in March. Photo by Beyond Neon.


(6) Cleveland Kite Festival
Cleveland Kite Festival / September 10-11, 2011, in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by ronnie44052.


(7) Dieppe Kite Festival
Dieppe International Kite Festival / Held bi-annually in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. Photo by shellorz.


(8) Drake Kite Festival
Drakefestivalen / Check out this one in Risør, Norway. Photo by eivindtjohei.


(9) Great Lakes Kite Festival
Great Lakes Kite Festival / In Grand Haven, Michigan, this year on May 20-22. Photo by jvh33.


(10) Himeji Kite Festival
Himeji, Japan / This Japanese town holds an annual kite festival in January. Photo by cotaro70s.


(11) Lincoln City Kite Festivall
Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival / Takes place June 25-26, 2011, in Lincoln City, Oregon. Photo by katrinket.


(12) Morro Bay Kite Festival
Morro Bay Kite Festival / Morro Bay's event goes down April 30-May 1 this year. Photo by flythebirdpath~} teddy.


(13) Pacific Rim Kite Festival
Pacific Rim Kite Festival / In Vancouver, Canada, held in mid-June. Photo by thelastminute.



(14) Semaphore Kite Festival
Adelaide International Kite Festival / At Semaphore Beach, Australia, held annually in March. Photo by mikecogh.


(15) Singapore Kite Festival
Singapore International Water Festival / This annual event, held annually in late June, features kite flying. Photo by tallkev.


(16) Blossom/Smithsonian Kite Festival
Blossom Kite Festival / Formerly called the Smithsonian Kite Festival, this one takes place every year in early April on the National Mall in Washington, DC.Photo by Mr. T in DC.


(17) Portsmouth International Kite Festival
Portsmouth International Kite Festival / In Southsea, Portsmouth, England, held this year August 27-29. Photo by geishaboy500.


(18) Supumango Day of the Dead Celebration
Day of the Dead / The festivities for this holiday in Sumpango, Guatemala, include flying these giant, brightly colored kites. Held annually, November 1.Photo by jabbusch.


(19) TipTop Kite Day
Tip Top Kite Day / Goes down annually at the end of January in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by geoftheref.


(20) Uttarayan
Uttarayana / On this Hindu holiday celebrated on the 14th and 15th of January, kites fill the air in many parts of India. Glassed string may be used for kite-fighting. Photo by Meanest Indian.


(21) VÅ©ng TÃ u Kite Festival
VÅ©ng TÃ u Kite Festival / Just three years old, it's held in Vietnam in early April. Photo by dreaminspirer.


(22) Washington State International Kite Festival[/U]
Washington State International Kite Festival / A week-long event held during the third week of August in Long Beach, Washington. Photo by katrinket.


(23) Zilker Kite Festival
The Zilker Park Kite Festival / Takes place annually in early March in Austin, Texas. Photo by GlowJangles.


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Kite Flying for Individual Private Marriage Functions, Corporate Events, School Competition and Special Occasions.
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Kite Making Competition
Inter School Kite Competition
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10 Best Kite Festivals

Bali, Indonesia
This festival, an integral part of the local culture, is for observing, rather than participation. The kites here are large, interesting, and seldom seen outside Bali. The kite teams of surrounding villages, the parades of kites, and the teamwork, combine to provide a special experience!


Cervia, Italy
The best place to see notable sky art kites, and the artists who produce them, Cervia may well be the best combination of wind, sun, kites, food and wine on earth. The combination of great show kites and small artistic gems is the legacy of organizer and renown artist Claudio Capelli.


Dieppe, France
The festival at Dieppe is a model for the rest of the world to follow. It showcases kites and kite fliers from around the world. Dieppe is an easily walkable town with weekend markets and plenty of tourist shopping. Kite flying during the festival is well choreographed and features flyers from all over the world.


Fano, Denmark
Fano is not a festival, but a kite meeting. Everyone at Fano comes because they want to fly kites. Started by a handful of German kite fliers, it now attracts over 8,000 participants. It is the largest assemblage of contemporary kites in the world and with its wide hard-sand beaches and steady, strong winds it’s a must-see spectacle.


Hamamatsu, Japan
I’ve always thought of this festival as an assault on all the senses; cooking smells, music and shouts, dust in the eyes, an unbelievable number of kites launched and retrieved. Great sights away from the field, as well, with the giant “floats” towed through the city and then the late-night parties with neighborhood kite teams.


Long Beach, Washington
This small Washington town comes alive every August as the center of American kiting. Besides, being home to the World Kite Museum, Long Beach has steady wind for kite fliers to showcase or show off their best kites moves across a large open beach and nearly perfect blue sky.


Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Really a great place to see the kites of Malaysia as well as international flyers and their kites. It’s a showcase of the pride and passion of Malaysian kiting. Here is another fine kite museum with its emphasis on Malaysian waus, the Pasir Gudang Kite Museum.


Shirone, Japan
The balletic movement of kite teams on both sides of the river is surpassed only by the beauty of giant kites flying over it. When they are entangled and the tug-of-wars begin, it is chaos. Shirone is a wonderfulsmall town and easily navigated by foreigners. The Shirone Kite Museum, is one of the finest in Japan.


Sumpango, Guatemala
The giant kites of Sumpango are spectacular artistic spectacles, but each comes with a serious political statement. These are voices of the native peoples of Guatemala, voices that are raised on a single day of the year. The tradition is that kites are the vehicles for ancestors to return to families for a day of eating, drinking, and togetherness.


Wildwood, New Jersey
Held over the Memorial Day weekend, the festival at Wildwood is a great showcase for large kites and the people who fly them. The usual strong winds make for challenging flying, but the Jersey beach scene is memorable, regardless.



National Kite Festival Events
International Kite Festival Events
Kite Flying Competition Kite Flying Training for Students.
Kite Flying for Individual Private Marriage Functions, Corporate Events, School Competition and Special Occasions.
Kite Fighting Competition
Kite Making Competition
Inter School Kite Competition
Kite Painting
Kite Exhibition and Knowledge Programm
kite club india

Please contact me on vibrantkiteclub@gmail.com with details.

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91-9898194208

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