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India As in many Asian and Middle Eastern countries, India has an ancient kite fighting tradition. The traditional kite,... |
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Indonesia A country with one of the richest kite heritages in the world, Indonesia boasts the leaf kites of Sulawesi, the... |
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Japan For more than a thousand years, the Japanese have built and flown a surprising variety... |
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Korea The rectangular Korean fighter, with a hole centered in its sail, is unique in the world’s fighting kite landscape. It is flown with the... |
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Laos The country of Laos, officially the... |
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Malaysia Layang-layang... |
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Mexico Mexico has a strong artistic heritage so it is natural that kites would be found throughout the country, even though basic kite making materials... |
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New Zealand Indigenous Maoris flew kites for ceremonial reasons believing that manu, bird-shaped kites were... |
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Pakistan With kite traditions much like those of India, the kite mania of Pakistanis has been a frequent subject of government crackdown. Use of glass-... |
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Philippines The guryon, a fighting kite of the Philippines, is made with protruding spikes that cut and tear the... |
