13th Borneo International Kite Festival 2017 Bintulu, Malayasia

This is the 3rd year am invited to Bintulu, one of the fav festival site in Asia I liked the most!! to participate in the prestigious kite festival of Malaysia. KiteKraft ® for students organised in the festival for various students from different schools in Bintulu were invited to participate​ on the sidelines of the main festival. As a gesture to the organiser I did the workshop for 50 odd students making them learn Sled kites followed by wind garden workshop!  Over the kite it is written on kite sail... it says Bintulu, I Love You. A week long festival begun from 27th October continue to patronize by many International and national kitist and concluded on 1st October.

Bintulu in Malayasia​ is a kiters paradise becoz of it's festivities and celebrations in Asia continent. Kiters visited they're wanted to visit again and again. Main reason becoz the people of Bintulu who supported the festival. The shops which are where'd you find almost are going on real spree. The counters are full be it food or beer! Articles exhibited in the shop are very attractive and they Mill moolah. Not only tourist but kiters as well find shopping novelties and show pieces. Food conservatively Asian but seldom vegitarians find it difficult to cope up. Bintulu has finest of finest location for flying kites. This will enlarge for more people interest in the years to come.

Kite parade in the inaugural day comprising of all kiters with it's national flag and special creatives went along the way covering almost 2 and half km.

Special mementos were handed over by the CM of Sarawak.

Theyyam my first ever originally made inflatable kite longing 35 ft were flown. It's first that I made something like this. Kiter John and Simon supported me to adjust bridiling which I had own doubt. Any ways it was good existence show!!!. Now I have decided for large and giant kites will make inflatables. Small ones stick!!!! Ones. Andy Taylor my dear friend had been the one with whom I did wind garden workshop. Sandesh helped me on the kite workshop!!.

The event also witnessed Andy handing over me the world kite.

The kite which was initiated by Ron Millburn and Sharon Mustow of Canada in 2004 now reached to me after covering 13 countries. It is great honour to me directly specially a kiter in.me. now the onus is to me to handover it to another kiter in another on my visit to fly. Every body will fly it endorse it in the kite giving their signature and eventually after many years it will handover to World Kite Museum in the long beach Washington DC. I don't know when it will reach there. But will reach one day. The most exciting thing that happened to me is that I had written about the kite to Mr Ron Millburn who'll do not know it had come to India and in my safe hands! He replied to me showing his gratitude and knowing my plans that the kite will fly in the famous Ahmedbad kite festival and offer festivals in India before it's departure from the country. Yes am going to do it.

Let's see some pics in the kite field.

Kite Festival @ Muzhupilangad Drive-in Beach, Telicherry Kannur Dist Kerala

This is the first time in Muzhupilangad Drive-in beach a kite festival is getting conducted. Perhaps for Kannur as District earlier it witnessed Kitefestival. Infact, Kitelifefoundation had earlier organised a kite festival in Payyambalam beach another famous beach in the district.

Locations are solid as beaches are finest destinations in this district. However, Muzhupilangad famous for its drive-in beach perhaps the most sought after by the youth and families comes first. Youth is for the reason for wrooming the cars and sport bikes over the low tide when it reaches on the shore and that splash drive emerge is a good sight. It becomes thrilling and exhilarating. Entry to beach is by paying Rs 30/- to the beach. To all these is a craze but one doesn't understand vehicles ride on the sea shore is of knowing the vehicle prone to damage itself as it got hit with salt water heavily. Yes says most the people with whom we interacted. Vehicles located at these places seemed to be very prone to get damaged and they're not very best in resale value! May be right.

Ok. Coming to the point, our festival which was organised received warm welcome because this is the first time and kites flown in the sky shot into limelight because of the uncoventional designs followed by Sports kiting, Sky lanterns, LED kiting and kite workshop. Three day activity placed the audience enthusiastic and turned spell bound. Many wanted to know such builts how flies and especially sport kites ran in the evenings created a furore having many coming forward frm crowd gathered around asking wheather it is a battery operated flying object as it is misunderstood as battery since the fluttering sound from kite created a different thought. Boomrang throwing was very well about attraction where children come forward to learn in the wee hours of the festival. Only disheartened was 3rd day as there was no wind in the beach. But then we tried boomerang  and light wind kites as well.

Teams from Karnataka, Kerala attended the event. KiteKraft from Kitelifefoundation conducted the kite workshop. The beach is around 4km long and in the evening when the seas errosions happens you aught to get the widest space as well. They beach is having a shallow ground. The beach undoubtedly gives a look of an international arena and it arrives by our own aerial pics This can be explored. This beach can be a possible for conducting an international kite festival. May be very next time. Let's see.

Kiters who have come went happy back home. Kerala cuisine with different delicacies prepared  from sea food and the finest hospitality were supported to cover everyone's 3 day getaway to this finest location which is 6th in Asia.

Glance of Kitefestival. Myraid of shades.