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7
Jan
2013
4:02pm, EST
A whale takes flight in Mumbai's kite festival
Divyakant Solanki / EPA
Participants fly a kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 7.
Divyakant Solanki / EPA
Dance performers from Gujarat in cultural attire fly a kite during the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 7.
Rafiq Maqbool / AP
A participant from New Zealand flies a large heart shaped kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 7. Kite-flyers from around 40 countries are participating in the day-long festival.
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2
Aug
2011
11:45am, EDT
Jaipal Singh / EPA
A worker prepares the kite thread on the road side in the northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir on Tuesday, August 2. The kite string or the 'dorr' is made of crushed glass, glue, colors and egg on the thread to make it strong enough to hold the kite. Kite flying is a passion not only in India but all over the world.
Colorful kite thread prepared in India
By Elena Grothe
The vibrant diagonals reminded me of an image we posted a few hours ago. More photos from India here.
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24
Jun
2011
12:16pm, EDT
Pretty scene of kite flying in Afghanistan
Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP
The shadow of an Afghan child is cast onto his kite as he prepares to launch it into the evening air in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 24, 2011.
By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News
I see a lot of nice pictures of kites in Afghanistan, but thought I'd share this one with you.
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10
Jan
2011
7:37am, EST
Ajit Solanki / AP
Birds fly near a kite designed like them during the International Kite Festival in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Jan. 10. Kite-flyers from 36 countries are participating in the festival which runs from Jan. 9. to Jan. 14.
Birds join flying kite at International Kite Festival in India
By Elena Grothe
There's a 'birds of a feather flock together' joke in here somewhere.
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6
Jan
2011
10:30am, EST
Ajit Solanki / AP
A man prepares kite strings ahead of a Kite Festival that coincides with the Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti festival in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.
Strings prepared for kite festival in India
By Mish Whalen
People of all age groups fly kites in celebration of the festival that falls on January 14th.
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Colorful kite thread prepared in India

Birds join flying kite at International Kite Festival in India

Strings prepared for kite festival in India