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Kite flying began a very long time ago, most probably around 400 B.C. in Greece, though it is likely that the orient was familiar with the pastime even prior to this. Archytas, of Tarentum, in Greece, is believed to be the inventor of the kite.

The earliest Chinese kite flying was around 200 B.C., when the emperor Han Kao Chi had a kite flown and used the string to estimate the distance to an enemy fort wall. A tunnel was then dug, and the enemy conquered.

Kite flying went to Japan, from China and Korea. The Japanese believed that a kite kept aloft above a building would keep away evil spirits. The largest Japanese kite was made in 1936 — of 3000 sheets of paper, it weighed nine tons.


Kites in all shapes and sizes.
Malaysia has a splendid history of kites, again used in ancient times to reach spirits in the sky. The moon kite is the symbol of the national airline. Many of the Malay homes, built on stilts over water, have a white kite flying overhead at night, to guard the home.

India has long loved kite flying, peaking to an annual high around Deepavali. Colourful kites dot the sky, and the local beaches are thronged by kite flyers. Rolls of maanja, or glass covered thread are sold to make vicious deels, or cutting another's kite.

Wilson and Melville, of Scotland, in 1749 used kites with attached thermometers, to learn the atmospheric temperature. The year 1752 saw Benjamin Franklin with his famous experiment of the brass key and kite sent into a thunderstorm, to prove lightning's electric nature.

Simple bamboo, rice paper or kite paper, a little glue, and a breeze of about 15 miles per hour is all that is needed for this lovely pastime. Of course, one needs the skill to fly a kite.

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ans a- archytas of tarentum