International Kite Festival Ahmedabad India 2008

The International Kite Festival is celebrating at Ahmedabad (India) in month of January, to coincide with the festival of Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti. In other part of India it is know as Makar Sankranti. It is a wonderful day, with a bright sun, clear skies and breezes strong enough to lift inestimable kites aloft.

This festival indicates the end of winter, when the heat of summer is still to come. Peoples are crazy about to fly kites in all over Gujarat specially, Ahmedabad and Baroda become cities of kite-flyers. All markets are covered with kites and Manza can be purchased from any small and big shop.

We go to the J. D. Nagarwala police Ground, Ahmedabad to be part of this “Uttarayan” festival. We have seen people are coming from other countries for flying kites and huge crowd are watching this amazing big kites. We have covered some memorable moments of this festival so lets see….

Festival starts and singers, dancers, bands all performed different culture activities on this statge.
Indian kite flying high and huge crowed watching big and wonderful kites.

Look at these giant kites, Everybody is excited to watch these flying man and special kites. Foreigners are coming to Ahmedabad for flying kites and like this festival for its colors and vibrancy.

We have enjoyed very much and view this wonderful kites and colorful peoples....