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Cambodia
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Indonesia
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Muna Island, Southeast-Sulawesi kaghati cerfe-volants visite dans les Pyrénées 2001 la fabrication d'un kaghati - chachapoya france web |
Japan Japan ~1935 ? : wan-wan giant round kite |
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japan ~1850
: kitepainting paper / ukiyoe |
Philippines
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Kites. Filipino children make their own kites during kite season, January to March. Little boys fly a boca-boca, a small square piece of paper on a short string. Older boys try the chapi-chapi, the familiar diamond-shaped kite flown all over the world. Grown men fly the gurion, a huge kite with a strong bamboo frame. These can be fighting kites if the string is dipped in glue and ground glass. Opponents try to cut one another's strings as they fly the kites high in the air. |
Sri Lanka
colombo kitefestival 2002 |
Taiwan
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subvision.net : taiwan kitefestivals 2000-2005 Article in TaipeiTimes 4feb2001 about asian kites in general. |
Thailand
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ViêtNam
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Week of Japanese culture opens in Mekong
delta city - Kite flying festival
to take place in Hue - [2004] Kite Festival Hue
"Vietnam wings" - Yard next to Quang Duc Gate, Thuan An
Beach Ms Hasan Sinawat, a visitor from Thailand, told
VOV,
"This is the first time I have come to Hue. I was amazed at the
festive atmosphere prevailing all over streets in Hue, with a number
of diverse outdoor cultural and art programs such as kite
flying, human chess and water puppetry. Through this festival,
I realised that the Vietnamese people are aware of preserving and
developing the traditional cultural identities. Every year, like Vietnam,
Thailand organises many festivals,
and we respect national cultural heritages.
Such festivals are a good chance for countries
to promote their image to the world. I think the Hue festival
2004 was well organised." |
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Hue kite flies high at international festival
- 2004 Hue kite awarded honorary cup at international
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Dragon kite. [dieu] |
Kites to take wing during Festival Hue -
2004 VietNamNet - The second Flying Wings kite festival, will flutter in the breezes from June 13-19 as part of the Hue Festival. The festival will draw kite clubs from Hue City, Ninh Thuan Province, HCM City, Hoi An and Do Son, as well as flyers from France, Malaysia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, and Cambodia. The festival will be held at Ngo Mon Square and on Thuan An Beach, including kite flying performances, displays of traditional kites, and workshops on making kites. The first kite flying festival was held in Hue last September, drawing participation of flyers from nine provinces and cities, and from Cambodia. (Source: vietnamnet.vn - 09jun2004 ) |
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Kites fly sky high over Hue - 2003 Over 200 brightly-coloured kites flew over Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) last Friday, marking the opening of Vietnam's First National Kite Festival in the ancient capital city. Taking part in the two-day festival were 60 artisans from cities and provinces around the country well-known for kite making tradition including HCM City, Hue and Hoi An, and the provinces of Hai Duong, Ha Tay and Ninh Thuan. Four kite makers from Cambodia brought 26 bamboo kites to join the Vietnamese string kites shaped like birds, butterflies, shrimp and dragons. The festival was planned as one of several cultural activities for Hue to commemorate the National Day. "Like in Vietnam, kite festivals are held in Cambodia reflecting people's hopes for happiness and bumper harvests," Klay Ay, deputy director of Cambodia's Cultural Development Department who headed his country's kite artisans group, said. Spectators witnessed fancy manoeuvres, kite stunts, kites playing music with the wind, and even learnt how to make the flying beauties. Since 1994, kite-flying has become a tradition in the city and members of the Hue Kite Club have participated in festivals in Japan, Thailand and France. (Source: Viet Nam News - 03sep2003 ) |
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