Sunday, January 14, 2007

India Day 18 – Utrang (National Indian Holiday) (Kite Day)

Today was the National Indian holiday for Utrang, also known as Kite Day. It is a HUGE holiday. All the local shops are closed, due to the fact that the business owners are at home with there families flying kites from dusk until dawn. While people are flying kites on there roofs, people usually rent large speaker systems and play music for the whole town to listen to. I really was amazed at the age gap of people flying kites, from young 1-2 year olds, to 40-60 adults.

I must say that I really suck at flying kites, and can admit to the fact that I flew 1 successful kite for the complete day, compared to Rave and Soniya’s 20 kites each. Check out the photo’s below.








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