Kai Po Che: Gujarat fills with colours of International Kite Festival
A global identity
At the International Kite Festival’s inaugural event, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that Kite Festival’s tradition, which was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has today become a global identity. This year, the Kite Festival is being celebrated under G20’s theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, said the chief minister.
World participates as the state celebrates
The International Kite Festival 2023 is hosting 65 kite flyers from 14 states, 125 kite flyers from 68 nations, and more than 660 kite flyers from Gujarat’s different districts at Sabarmati Riverfront. The festival has seen the participation of Australia, Canada, France, Russia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Colombia, Denmark, New Zealand, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Belgium, Bahrain, Iraq, Malaysia, Poland, Mauritius, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Jordan, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Belarus, and 68 other countries along with kite flyers India’s 14 states.
Expanding industry
Speaking about Gujarat’s kite industry, the chief minister stated that the kite flying festival has today become an international attraction and the kite industry’s turnover is approximately Rs 625 crores and around 1 lakh 30 thousand people get employment due to the festival.
A people’s congregation
The new tradition has been started by the prime minister of celebrating the traditional festivals with people’s participation. He said that Gujarat’s trade of kites was limited to 8 to 10 crore rupees earlier and now the state alone owns the country’s 40 per cent of the kite industry.
Uttarayan’s celebration
Ahmedabad, since 1989, is hosting the International Kite Festival to celebrate Uttarayan’s official celebration and it never fails to amaze people with unusual and imaginative kites.
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