dialogue between two friends about flying kites in English
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As North America dives into a deep freeze and temperatures reach minus degrees, its heartening to note thousands of miles away in India, people are celebrating the first festival of the year.
Makar Sankranti is four day festival dedicated at paying homage to the elements of the sun, wind and thanking God for the abundance of natural resources that make it possible to live on earth.
Many Hindus in India on these days pay homage to their Sun God and take holy dips in the Ganges. As kids growing up in the city of Mumbai the term Sankranti had absolutely different connotations.
For us, it was almost four days of flying colourful big kites on our building terraces and eating Indian sweets specially made for this occasion.
The kite flying of course is the most prominent part of these festivities. And while I really don’t know the story behind why people fly kites, it seemed these were the few days when the winds in the air were suitable for kite flying. And it was as if we really waited for the winds to change in a warm and otherwise hot January. In fact as I check the temperature in Mumbai currently it is said to hover around 30 C.
So every Sankranti when the winds blow over populated and otherwise pollution ridden city of Mumbai, street vendors sell colorful kites.
Kite flying is a male sport essentially, and if you had a brother you would help him fly the kite.As a sister, I would hold a phirki, a medium sized wood handmade spool that contained a big roll of strings that held the kite in the air.
The strings or manja were not ordinary ones. The strings were made with a glass coating and had to be handled with extra care.
The fun was not only flying the kites, but more importantly being able to take down competitor’s kite. In fact that’s what all the fun was about. We stood holding these firkis as our brothers and male friends flung the kite in the air and then for hours wrestled in the sky with other kites to bring them down. The bigger the kite that was brought down, the prouder the victor.
Over time many girls started participating in actually flying the kite instead of just holding the phirki, but it never became a unisex sport and continues to remain very male dominated.
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wish to friend come to take you to the flying competition