A kite shaped like a multitentacled spider balloons up before it is airborne
A kite takes to the air at the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad.
A kite looks down at the tiny word below
Banner kites, fighting kites and sculptural kites are just some of the varieties of kites brought to Ahmedabad by master kitemakers.
The official entry of Gujarat Tourism at the Kite Festival. Since 1989 Ahmedabad has hosted the International Kite Festival as part of the official celebration of Uttarayan.
A foreign participant with his kite. It is believed that kites came to India with Muslim traders from Persia or Buddhist pilgrims from China.
Unusual kites from Malaysia and Indonesia join local Indian kites in a colorful pageant.
Is that a slogan? Or a protest? Kites bearing messages perhaps make a stronger statement than T-shirts.
A kite flyer wears his attitude. The International Kite Festival draws visitors and participants from all over the world. Kite-flyers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Italy, France and Japan among a host of countries make a beeline for Ahmedabad on January 14.
A foreign participant takes pleasure in watching her kite fly.
Kitemakers from all over the world showcase their art at the winter festival of Uttarayan.
Colorful motifs and patterns are on display.
An enormous crab-shaped kite takes wing
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