Vibrant Colours of International Kite Festival
Head to Ahmedabad for the largest kite festival in India and see the sky full of colourful kites of all sizes and shapes. It’s an unequalled experience. The kite festival marks Uttarayan when winter season starts changing to summer and farmers welcome the approaching harvest season. This is also celebrated as Makar Sankranti in other parts of India.
Since 1989, the city of Ahmedabad has hosted the International Kite Festival as part of the official celebration of uttarayan, bringing master kite makers and flyers from all over the world to demonstrate their unique creations and wow the crowds with highly unusual kites. In past years, master kite makers from Malaysia have brought their wau-balang kites, llayang-llayanghave come from Indonesia, kite innovators from the USA have arrived with giant banner kites, and Japanese rokkaku fighting kites have shared the skies with Italian sculptural kites, Chinese flying dragons, and the latest high-tech modern wonders. A master kite maker and famous kite flyer Rasulbhai Rahimbhai of Ahmedabad trains of up to 500 kites on a single string have come to be a classic attraction.
