Puducherry Kite Festival 2014 August 15-17

KiteLife Foundation presents First ever kite festival in Puducherry.

KiteKraft in Coimbatore. July 5th 2014.

KiteLife Foundation presents KiteKraft in Coimbatore on July 5th. 200 students participated in the workshop had kite made by them enthralled audience and children found fun flying. But at the same caused of the shapes KLF has brought to make them learn. Many kids perhaps doing first in their life. Those flown recently too but on a diamond shape they accentuated and excited about the new dimension. We are loading pics shortly. For more information kindly do write to us. We will be happy to get connect with you. Info@kitelifefoundation.org

Jai Hanuman

Son of WindGod Jai Shri 

                                                                                Hanuman

2nd pg of Presentation@SouthKorea UIKF 2014

Many in India who are a keen kite flying enthusiast do not wish or wanted to be part of the menace and carnage caused by the evil effect and refrain from the death game. This opened a new wave of kiting to regenerate a motion for not just flying  but spending herculian task of endeavouring to create own kites. Kites made with so much patience with an end result of good and big kite fast becoming gaining a creative memontum. But again such kiters or so called kite builders are very small in numbers compared to kiters buying kites spending enormouhs money.

Hence the festivals in India becoming more as show kites festival which are voluntarily supported by the people who witness it with sheer joy of fun and amusement. Soft kites and kites on cultural motifs have identified a place for such shows.

Kites Introduced KiteLife Foundation, India

Kites made by KLF are inculcated from the inspiration of traditional art forms. These kites promote diversity,culture and heritage of India. Such efforts were becoming a boon to those art forms to regenerate motion and recreating interest amongst the audience. The advancement in the urbanisation and movement towards new lifestyle has declined to aspiration towards such art forms which are now confined to somevsetbof communities. KLF is exploring this possiblities of art and giving a fillip thru various kites flying sessions in the country using a medium of vehicle for communication and promotion.

Theyyam, a mythological motif and cultural art form performed in the hindu religion temple, King Mahabali the legendary figure of generosity and an ancient king of state Kerala who beloved to be visiting in the harvest season of Kerala to see and via sit his people, Nettipattam,a decorative caprisoned attire on the forehead to trunk of the great mammal on the our own elephant in the temple during processions and newly made Temple Roof a synchronisation of delta and box giving a resembelence of Desom Shri Anjneya Temple Aluva Kochi are the few made in this direction but ensuring many in the anvil and creator is busy!

Some of these kites are flown in the background of traditional percussion musical sounds, yet again a new ideas which the creator floated when he conducted the first ever Kerala Kite Festival in Jan 2014 at Munambam beach park where his friend Sarvesh Rao's Kathakali kite were flown. Art is a diverse field ranging human activities and products emerged from those artstic works are intelligently turned out to be the creations of kites. Kite inculcated from the art focusses primarily on visual arts which includes the creation of images or objects in fields of drawing and making in appliqué designs. This is characterized in terms of reflection of life, expression, communication and emotion with the qualities of traditional images showering vibrant beauty and grace.

International Kite Festival in India

Popular is Uttrayan in Ahmdbad but now it is an interest of many states hence there are some new festivals in Eastern, Western and Southern India.

They are Vokkatta Int Kite Festival in Kolkata,  Pune Intl Kite Festival in Pune and two new International Kite Festival in Southern India.

Kite fully yours
Rajesh Nair
Founder
KiteLife Foundation
India

the presentation @ Usieong County UIKF 2014

UIKF 2014 Where I had presentaion before the invited members and participants in the international forum

India - Kite culture

After its introduction in India, the kites further evolved into the fighter kite, as popularly known where thousands were flown every year on the festivals such as Major sankranthi, also known to be the harvest season of India. This falls in the month of January

As it is popular in the country where it often takes the form kite fighting in which participant string to snag each other's kites or cut other kites down. Fighting kites are usually small flat diamond shape kites made of paper and bamboo. Tails are not used on fighter kites so to bring in agility and maeuverablity are not compromsed. Kite fighting  exists in the northern, western,eastern regions of India, notable for their kite fighting festivals. Kites are flown in roof tops. Other than the spring festivals, Indians fly kite during Republic and Independence days. Some does in the religious days also. For Kerala my state we even fly during Onam our harvest season in Aug September months.

The after effect of kite fighting

The thread which used in kites for fighting has an abrasive material makes the thread very strong and tough . After the kite get cut or cut by the opponent to this evil effect and in the sight of the verdict from Indian courts many try to refrain to use manjha in the festival

Hence next page ...

KiteLife Foundation new kite in making KiteYoga©

Shortly to be unleashed

4th Uiseong International Kite Festival, South Korea

Immediate past week i could attend the event held in the province of South Korea.

When reached at Incheon airport there was a volunteer standing with the placard which could easily spot and lead me to the group of people were already arrived and we all together proceeded to a bus arranged. Met many new friends there and exchanged notes. Peter Lynn, the legend, whom i know only among the group was re-uniting after the Pune event.All became friends in no time and we did chat.

                                                   Traverse to catch up the final Destination

 Bus run about 2 hours and had stopped for the refreshments at a set of restaurants there named the Mcdonals where we seated after the leaks. We ate the food served and proceeded to the bus again to catch up our final destination.

In between i cross checked with my friends and monitor to know how far we need to travel more but it was the first time and to my surprise , an another 2 hours!!!!. I went on sleeping because of the long deep traveling for last 10-14 hours.

Welcome Dinner @ Uiseong

                                                     Introduction and Greetings from India

Event seen the popular kiters across globe participating in various events.

                                               Mayor of Uiseong in his Presidential Address

The event venue, a far and wide river bank of Namedicheon river found to be very attractive for the event of this sort. Stalls covering the food, items showing cultural themes, kite workshops, kite sale shops, games were found to be nice for the people who witnessed the event. This is was helpful and got highlighted over to the cultural programes in the stage they organized, PSy Ghanham style was only song that was popular to every one who are not Koreans. A dance and foot tapping that could bring in style and stand irresistible to me at least becoz of my interest in the song but barely happend since we are in the ground. A drizzling rain in the ground also was a no surprise becoz we knew it by informing us already. but cool!.

In the inauguration I have decided to go for an Indian, especially in Kerala outfit wearing Dhothi and Silk Shirt with a half-dhothi on the shoulder to give an Indian look. And this Indian holding the National Flag in the Stage fluttering in the sky gave a lot of compassionate moment and proud of such innings gave me wholesome happiness in a different country. I thank every one involved in this great show.

A nice occasion with the friends from Uiseong as well as kiters friends surrounded for a photo shoot, a cherished memories. This has lead to many photo sessions. I also found one Korean a part of the staff in the ground speak broken Hindi. I am surprised but he clarifies he had some Indian friends.

Lunch served in the venue with Korean delicacies. Good food enjoyed.

Only things that left to us were the absence of the wind. Inflatables were loaded with the helium balloons.
This was fine with those inflatable kites some of them including me carrying bamboo and carbon rods which are heavier where balloons a far a game. We ran with our kites which was so heavy to have it visible for the audience who cam well tuned to a pack and captivated. Shutter bugs came close to snap it but frequently run in many time to their angle so that they can easily take pictures. The Mayor of Uiseong visited us to see the kites we brought in. Shared with him the creation kites and what it projects. He is a nice gentlemen came with his better-half in the International Network Forum clubbed with Welcoming Dinner.

The welcoming dinner and the International Network Forum for the cultural exchange and development  was organised in the The Garlic Restaurant. Outside of the restaurant there was a huge garlic fixed in the led lights on to it. Looked wonderful/.

I was one of the speaker in the 6 countries selected. I spoke about the kite culture of India which accentuated on the after effect of kite cutting, the fall of birds and people who was hit by the left overs of the thread harming the community and thereby causing the bad name and change in perception. The presentation of mine garnered over the importance of show kite events and generation of new dimension on kite making to promote the heritage inculcating it in kites and spread a new trend in the kite shows the world over was appreciated by the INF. Besides me were in the presenting was from Combodia (Yarin and Sarak), Philipines(Orlando), Malaysia (Ezanee), Turkey (Seagull)  and Thailand (Ron).

As a gesture of appreciation on gifting I thought its ideal to handover to the Mayor of Uiseong, a caprisoned elephant while its seen in the temples for processions.

Ms. Ginny who translated English to Korean during the conversation and meeting with the Mayor and his better half. That was a nice occasion immediately after the Dinner. Mayor too had a gift in exchange, which now found a place in my showcase back home giving me good notes. The certificate of appreciation, which was nicely jacketed in velvet cloth file was handed over later in the rooms by our monitors where we have stayed.

Launch of my Temple Kite in the land of Garlic, Uiseong County, South Korea.

King Mahabali in the UIKF, 2014 A far shot but visible i guess. My camera has a been having problems.

Temple Kite

Theyyam Kite before its take off in UIKF, 2014.

Kite Aerial Photography by my friend Riga from Indonesia. Great effort!!

2nd day after noon we had gud wind a wholesome treat by the Wind God, happily moved in thereafter till 4.30-5.pm. All my kites were flown and happily packed thereafter.

Proceeded to the airport at 8.15 am and it took again four- five hours with a break in between for the freshen-ups.Reached airport and back home now.

Waiting for another round of activities for the rest of the year. But still have hangover of the immediate past event that gave me lot of opportunities.