By Team Mangalorean
Photographs: Rajesh Shetty
Mangalore, January 20, 2008:
The Panambur beach became a sea of humanity on this warm Sunday afternoon
and for a poetic writer it would be tempting to say something like the
biological sea of human beings was matching wits with the god's sea of water.
The occasion was the last day of the two day ONGC-MRPL International Kite
Festival organized by Team Mangalore. In fact it could be easier for anybody to
sum up thus 'every road in Mangalore led to Panambur beach'. Poetics apart the
situation warranted such a crowd as it was befitting to the pains the Team
Mangalore had taken to make it the best international kite festival ever
organised on the soil of Karnataka so far.
Matching the enthusiasm of the people the kiters had put up a great show on
Sunday. They were not holding anything back. The entire sky if looked up from
the popular beach face near Cargo gate would give picture of the sky being
painted with pixels. The expert flyers had made an enclosure where they had
displayed their gear which had become a pilgrimage for the amateur kiters.
The highlight of the last day of the festival was definitely the Phoenix kite
built by the South Korean team led by Kang Bumku and his associate Woo Han. The
huge bird in multi colours soared the highest in the sky and according to Mr.
Bumku he had let out over 350 meters of thread into the sky.
Other popular models included the line of kites depicting an elephant, octopus
and a jersey cow and several other pictorial depictions. Caped Spirit and the
Line Laundry kites of the British group led by Bruce Cruikshanks. 'Cody', 'The
Devil' and the 'Sanjo Roccako' kites from the Netherland team were also eye
catchers. But the 65-foot long 'King Cobra' belonging to the Maharashtrian
team was the largest kite ever displayed in the festival and became the
cynosure of all eyes. Other kites that got good attention in the festival were
Kathakali of Team Mangalore.
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