Most visitors come from around India, but there are plenty of international tourists as well, especially from countries like Japan, China, Malaysia, the UK, and France. Another popular location is the Ahmedabad Police Station, where you can lay down and enjoy the lovely view. With a capacity of over five hundred thousand, the area remains flooded with vibrantly coloured kites and smiling faces from as early as 5:00 in the morning. One of the best places to enjoy Uttarayan is by the Sabarmati Riverfront. Ahmedabad is often called the Kite capital of Gujarat. The main event, which is the International Kite Festival, is hosted in Ahmedabad and attracts participants and spectators from all over the globe. Uttarayan is celebrated mainly throughout Gujarat, but also in cities in Telangana and Rajasthan. The festival welcomes everyone to take part, irrespective of their religion, gender or nationality, One of the very few festivals in India that follows the solar cycle instead of the lunar cycle, Makar Sankranti and therefor Uttarayan, falls on the fourteenth of January every year. It beckons the end of the month of the winter solstice and the beginning of longer days. It takes place on Makar Sankranti every year, Makar Sankranti, or Maghi as it is commonly called, being the day that the sun transitions into Makara (Capricorn). Uttarayan, also known as the International Kite Festival, is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in India. So, let us see which are the amazing Kite Festivals in India. The sound of "wo kaataa" is still in our fond memories. The immense joy it brings to a person's face after cutting the other person's kite-thread is unmatched. I know this article didn’t even begin to do the festival justice.If you have grown up in India, then you would definitely know the thrill of kite flying. Who knows, maybe next year we’ll have to try for live streaming video! As far as I know, this was the first ever Kite Festival broadcast via a WebCam dedicated solely to a kite festival. We only had a few glitches when the phone line dropped unexpectedly 2 or 3 times and we got tons of great feedback from around the world. The WebCam was a huge success and traffic on the site soared during the festival. If you have the time, you can browse all of the WebCam images on the WebCam review page. Be sure to stop by the Little Acorns Kite Festival web page and at least check out the WebCam highlights. I never did make it down to the South end of the beach, but I didn’t need to thanks to the WebCam. Who knows where the time all went, the festival went by so fast. As if that wasn’t enough, he also yanked & caught the Rev out of the sky and then smoothly threw it out for a relaunch over & over, even on my 40′ lines. Between “shadowing” behind unsuspecting spectators walking the beach, displaying pinpoint precision on outstretched hands and hats, and knocking on the roof of the portolet every few occupants, Jeff put on quite a show. He proceeded to roam the festival and entertain & play with the crowd for a good 2+ hours. Saturday afternoon, Jeff Howard spotted my Rev 1.5 and took a break from buggying. Dean doesn’t appear to be quite the morning person when he’s been loose on South Beach the night before. The early bird gets the beach and we (myself, Jeff Howard, Claxton & Kenny from Tampa) had a blast buggying Saturday & Sunday morning. On Saturday morning, I had one mission on my mind – to buggy South Beach with my new Quadrifoil C1 before the crowds arrived and confined the buggiers back in their designated area of the beach. Those that didn’t bring a kite had the chance to make their own at the Kite Academy. They brought a **wide** variety of kites they had made as school projects in Science, Mathematics and Art. Over 2500 kids came to the beach on Friday. There was no shortage of kids looking for a buggy ride since Friday was field trip day at the festival. Dean & Jeff gave countless rides to kids at the festival all weekend long and Dave Town did the same on the other buggy field further south on the beach. After another check on the WebCam (which I did throughout the weekend) it was time to head over to the buggy field where Dean Jordan & Jeff Howard were setting up for a day of buggy rides. After a quick check on the WebCam, I broke out my own KAP gear to shoot a roll. I’m sure he could easily fill the next several issues of the Aerial Eye with all the material he shot. By the time I got off the roof and caught up, Craig had already shot several rolls of film. From the rooftop, I spotted fellow Kite Aerial Photographer, Craig Wilson already in action with his camera jockeying for position over the House of Versace.
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