Kite fest at Kappad

Posted Date: 29 Jun 2010 Posted By:: Rohan Member Level: Silver Points: 5

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Kozhikode, April 14 -- After conducting para-gliding and para-sailing events to promote tourism in the State, God's Own Country is now experimenting with kite-flying festival to attract more tourists to overcome the negative impacts of the global meltdown. About 70 kite-fliers, including 20 from foreign countries, will take part in the India International Kite Festival 2010 on Kappad beach in Kozhikode district

For the town with the same name, see Kozhikode.

Coordinates: Kozhikode District is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India.
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Flyers from Kuwait, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, UAE, France and United Kingdom would come to the State with their families and provide the local people a glimpse of an array of kites of different lengths, colours and shapes, said P Viswan MLA MLA
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Modern Language Association

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MLA (Brit , chairman of the Kappad Destination Management Council (KDMC KDMC King's Daughters Medical Center (Ashland, KY)
KDMC Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (India)
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Besides Kerala, kite-flyers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra would take part in the festival, he said, adding that about one lakh lakh
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(in India) 100 000, esp. referring to this sum of rupees [Hindi lakh]

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100000, hundred thousand domestic tourists were expected to take part in the festival being organized for the first time in the country. State Tourism Secretary V Venu told reporters that Gujarat was the only state in the country to host such a kite festival so far.

There would be two participants from each country besides ten teams from various parts of the country which would have five members each, taking the total number of participants to 70, said the organizers. Kappad beach is famous as the place where Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama: see Gama, Vasco da. landed here in 1498.

"This beach is already famous as a historic place. We want to add more glory to it. This place is appropriate for such a kite festival as the winds on this sea shore are favourable for flying kites," Viswan said. Besides kite flying, there would be a seafood festival and a cultural fest in the night and these would showcase the local art and culture, he said. There would be a classroom session also for all those interested in learning how to make and fly kites, he said.

Organizers said tat a kite to be flown at the festival would cost anything from Rs.25,000 upwards. The materials for making kites would be supplied free of cost, they said. There would be kites of various sizes and shapes and they would be as big as a two-storey building, they added.