Team Mangalore invited to Dubai kite festival

The Hindu

• Kathakali will be among the entries 

 

FLYING HIGH:A file photo of the Yakshagana kite at the Cleethorpes International Kite Festival.

 

Mangalore, 20 January 2011: Team Mangalore, a city-based hobby group of kite flyers, has been officially invited to the Cox & Kings Dubai International Kite Festival to be held on January Friday at Dubai Creek Park Amphitheatre in connection with the Dubai Shopping Festival.

 

This kite festival is being organised for the first time in the UAE. It will showcase some of the best kites flown by flyers from around the world. Team Mangalore, a regular in international kite flying scene, will be taking part in this event. A team of five members viz., Sarvesh Rao, Nitin Shetty, Dinesh Holla, Prashanth Upadhyaya and Subhash Pai will participate in this event, a press release said.

 

Kites of all shapes and sizes will be on display, including some massive character and theme-based kites. It would be an annual gathering of all the kite lovers in West Asia. The kite festival will have workshops where people can learn everything from making kites to flying them.

 

The team is going to showcase its variety of kites that include Kathakkali, Yakshagaana, Durga, Charlie, Owl, Gajaraja, Pushpaka Vimana, Bird, Bat Series, Bharthnatyam and so on in Dubai.

 

Earlier ,Team Mangalore had participated in various international kite festivals held at Canada and the U.K. and recently it had participated in the International Kite Festival held in France and its new creation Pushpaka Vimana got accolades from the people of France, it said.

 

In the recently concluded Udaipur International Kite Festival, the team had won the first place in the unique design kite category. The team participated in the kite festival held in connection with World Kannada Sammelana at Nanawadi, Belgaum, recently.