Been To A Kite Festival?Walk Into The Kite Cloud And Be Amazed!What do I mean by Kite Cloud? On a recent visit to a local kite festival, this term just popped into my head. We parked some distance from the festival due to traffic. On getting out, there it was - a giant region of air filled with fluttering and floating wind creations of all kinds. It looked cloud-like to me! By the way, have you been to a unique kite festival recently? If so, it's easy to share some comments and pictures with other visitors to this page. As we walked onto the jetty, we were up close to many of the kites and could spot every detail. Others lazily meandered on the ends of a few hundred feet of line. Too far up to see the seams in the fabric, the flexing of the spars and other details.This was just one International festival of many that occur around the world. In most cases, they are held once every year. The organizers round up the cream of the local kiting community to show off their best creations and skills. Down there on the right, you can see what we saw as we first walked towards the Adelaide festival... A big kites festival can also attract enthusiasts from many other countries. Various areas of expertise in kite design, construction and flying are put on show. Overseas experts are usually there by invitation, with sponsorship paying their way. 
A big festival of kites will attract the local media, which helps to keep the sport popular. A sky full of kites is a very visual experience, naturally! Hence if you ever go to an event like this, expect to see plenty of fancy cameras and maybe even some local TV crews. A few seconds of footage on the local news showing the sky shimmer and shake with color tends to stick in people's minds.Not all the action is actually in the air. These days, at a large event, you might come across one or more giant Sky Dancers giving everyone a chuckle! Some International FestivalsThis list will get longer over time. One day we might even travel overseas just to cover a big festival! For now, here's a few links to information we've compiled on various international events... The Long Beach International. This mega-event spans a whole week each year in the U.S., and is probably the most extensive and impressive such festival in North America. Even some of the pro's don't bother attending every single day - it's just too much! The Bristol International. More formally known as The International Festival of Kites and Air Creations. Trust the British to come up with a long and faintly pompous title. However, this festival would appear to be worthy of an impressive name like that! The Bristol event also has a long history. The Niagara International is uniquely situated, straddling the U.S. and Canada in North America, right next to the famous waterfall. There's some interesting kite flying history associated with this location too! The Adelaide International is easily accessible for us, since we live in that Australian city. This event is one of the largest kiting festivals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some stiff competition over on the East coast! For travellers to Asia, a Chinese festival of kites is not to be missed! Some U.S. FestivalsDo you enjoy kite flying in the U.S.? In that case, there are numerous great beach kite festivals to choose from. In fact, that link to tips-for-the-beach.com will take you to a goldmine of info if you have ever wondered what to do down at the beach, kites or otherwise! If you live in the state of Michigan, kites are flown in a number of local festivals, you'll be glad to know! Follow that link for some contact details for these. Festivals of kites in the U.S. can be very large, as in India and China. Here are some other high-profile events from the U.S. ...
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What sight or sights really stuck in your mind after you left? Was there anything that could be described as unique to this particular event? Stories Shared By Other VisitorsClick below to read the stories of other visitors to this page...
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