Kite Cultures
Afghanistan-2
Known for its large fighting kites, Afghanistan has a long kite history. The kites probably arrived via trade routes from India and are made in …
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United States
Kite tradition in the United States rests squarely upon the shoulders of Benjamin Franklin and his experiment to prove that lightning was “electrical matter.” Flying …
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Vietnam
The musical kites of Vietnam are a single, symmetrical wing, much like the Pechukan of Bali, equipped with sound-producing whistles. The dieu sao, musical kites, …
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“The use of means never before heard of for the doing of things never before done, cannot fail to excite considerable interest; and the more especially so if the objects accomplished wear any features of public utility.” – George Pocock, The Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air, by the use of Kites, or Bouyant Sails