It is an exciting 3-day festival celebrated with fun and fervour which coincides with Makara Sankranti, the harvest festival.
Published Jan 13, 2024 | 1:43 PM ⚊ Updated Jan 13, 2024 | 1:43 PM
Kite festival. (iStock)
The Telangana government is organising the “International Kite and Sweet Festival,” from 13 to 15 January at the Parade Grounds in Hyderabad.
The exciting three-day festival, celebrated with fun and fervour, coincides with Makara Sankranti, the harvest festival. The festival brings together regional arts, crafts, cuisine and an array of national and international kites, according to the organisers.
“During Sankranti Festival, kite flying is the tradition in the Telangana region and varieties of kites will be flown in the sky by people of all age groups and also traditional rangoli with ‘Gobbemma’ (small balls of cow dung decorated with colours and flowers) will be displayed across the state. Various sweets and snacks will also be prepared during the festival,” a release said.
The festival has participants from 16 countries including Indonesia, Switzerland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Canada, Cambodia, Scotland, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Italy, Taiwan, South Africa and the Netherlands with 40 international and 50 national kite flyers.
To revive the glory of kite-flying, Telangana Tourism organised the International Kite and Sweet Festival from 2018 to 2020 inviting various international and national kite flyers, the release said.
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