Things are looking up for next week’s 32nd Annual American Kitefliers Association Convention and Grand National Competition. Hundreds of kite fliers from around the country and around the world (along ...

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

Clean Monday—the beginning of Lent among Orthodox Christians—is the day Greeks fly kites, symbolic of the Resurrection.

In the streets of Lahore there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

A burst of color lit up Lahore’s night sky overnight as Pakistan’s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades.

Normally hot air balloons are the aerial attraction that draw crowds to balloon fiesta park every October. But on Sunday afternoon, it was a different type of flying object that caught people’s ...

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The 16th annual Kite Fest & Concert in the Park will feature a new kite contest, inviting residents to showcase creativity ...

Flying a kite may be the ultimate carefree pastime. That makes it the perfect metaphor - and a fine activity - for health promotion. Some people approach getting healthier as an exercise in ...

Pakistan Kite Flying Permission: The government has clarified that kite flying can now be done, but only under the prescribed rules and safety standards. Kite flying gets a green signal in Pakistan.

Scientists are testing an ocean energy harvesting kite to generate power from waves. Ocean currents are powerful, constant and close to shore—making them an ideal source for renewable energy. Watch as ...