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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Polynesia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polynesia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>South America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>World records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="طائرة ورقية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="طائرة ورقية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorcha" title="Milorcha – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Milorcha" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuatiaveve" title="Kuatiaveve – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Kuatiaveve" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87%C9%99rp%C9%99l%C9%99ng" title="Çərpələng – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çərpələng" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7" title="اوچورتما – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اوچورتما" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layangan" title="Layangan – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Layangan" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%98%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BF" title="ঘুড়ি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ঘুড়ি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelayangan" title="Kelayangan – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Kelayangan" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong-chhoe" title="Hong-chhoe – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hong-chhoe" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80" title="तिलंगी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="तिलंगी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buradol" title="Buradol – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Buradol" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE" title="Хвърчило – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хвърчило" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A4%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BC%8D" title="ཤོག་བྱ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཤོག་བྱ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(letjelica)" title="Zmaj (letjelica) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zmaj (letjelica)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estel_(m%C3%A0quina)" title="Estel (màquina) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estel (màquina)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BB%C4%83%D1%88_%C3%A7%C4%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%C4%95" title="Сывлăш çĕленĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сывлăш çĕленĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drak_(p%C5%99edm%C4%9Bt)" title="Drak (předmět) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Drak (předmět)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drage_(snorholdt)" title="Drage (snorholdt) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Drage (snorholdt)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachen" title="Drachen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Drachen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Χαρταετός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χαρταετός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cometa_(juguete)" title="Cometa (juguete) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cometa (juguete)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajto" title="Kajto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kajto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haize_parpaila" title="Haize parpaila – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Haize parpaila" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%A9" title="بادبادک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بادبادک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerf-volant" title="Cerf-volant – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cerf-volant" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draak_(boartersguod)" title="Draak (boartersguod) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Draak (boartersguod)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitleog" title="Eitleog – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eitleog" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaventos" title="Papaventos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Papaventos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A2%A8%E7%87%88" title="風燈 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="風燈" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%B9%B3%CC%81-yeu-%C3%A9" title="Chṳ́-yeu-é – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chṳ́-yeu-é" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%B0" title="연 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="연" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="पतंग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पतंग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(letjelica)" title="Zmaj (letjelica) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zmaj (letjelica)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaito" title="Kaito – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kaito" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layang-layang" title="Layang-layang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Layang-layang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracon_volante" title="Dracon volante – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Dracon volante" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugdreki" title="Flugdreki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Flugdreki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilone" title="Aquilone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aquilone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F" title="עפיפון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="עפיפון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layangan" title="Layangan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Layangan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F" title="ಗಾಳಿಪಟ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಗಾಳಿಪಟ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ფრანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფრანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%9B%D9%B9%DB%81%D9%95_%D8%A8%D9%90%DB%8C%D8%A3%D8%B1" title="گانٛٹہٕ بِیأر – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="گانٛٹہٕ بِیأر" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kap" title="Kap – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Kap" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_volans" title="Draco volans – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Draco volans" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaisa_p%C5%AB%C4%B7is" title="Gaisa pūķis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gaisa pūķis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluchdraach" title="Fluchdraach – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Fluchdraach" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitvaras" title="Aitvaras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aitvaras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap%C3%ADrs%C3%A1rk%C3%A1ny" title="Papírsárkány – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Papírsárkány" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%98_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE)" title="Змеј (летало) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Змеј (летало)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%82" title="പട്ടം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പട്ടം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="पतंग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पतंग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layang-layang" title="Layang-layang – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Layang-layang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layang-layang" title="Layang-layang – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Layang-layang" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C4%81i-i%C3%AAu" title="Cāi-iêu – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Cāi-iêu" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%85%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%85%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="စွန်လွှတ်ကစားခြင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="စွန်လွှတ်ကစားခြင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite" title="Kite – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kite" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE" title="चङ्गा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="चङ्गा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%A7" title="凧 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="凧" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82-%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Кехат-кема – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Кехат-кема" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C4%81g" title="Drāg – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Drāg" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drage_(leket%C3%B8y)" title="Drage (leketøy) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Drage (leketøy)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_i_snor" title="Drake i snor – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Drake i snor" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8rp_Volanta_(obj%C3%A8cte)" title="Sèrp Volanta (objècte) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sèrp Volanta (objècte)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varrak" title="Varrak – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Varrak" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97" title="ਪਤੰਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪਤੰਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87" title="باديوه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="باديوه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%81%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%84" title="ខ្លែង – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ខ្លែង" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latawiec" title="Latawiec – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Latawiec" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipa_(brinquedo)" title="Pipa (brinquedo) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pipa (brinquedo)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmeu_(dispozitiv_de_zbor)" title="Zmeu (dispozitiv de zbor) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Zmeu (dispozitiv de zbor)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Воздушный змей – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Воздушный змей" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/paypay" title="paypay – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="paypay" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%A4" title="ᱜᱩᱰᱰᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱩᱰᱰᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%B3%D9%8F%DD%99%D9%91%DB%8C" title="ڳُݙّی – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="ڳُݙّی" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite" title="Kite – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Kite" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumerdia" title="Cumerdia – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Cumerdia" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A" title="සරුංගල් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="සරුංගල්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite" title="Kite – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kite" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spu%C5%A1%C4%8Danje_zmajev" title="Spuščanje zmajev – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Spuščanje zmajev" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8E)" title="کۆلارە (کایەکلێ) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کۆلارە (کایەکلێ)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)" title="Змај (летелица) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Змај (летелица)" 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href="/wiki/Kite_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Kite (disambiguation)">Kite (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Go_fly_a_kite_(7511318416).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg/220px-Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg/330px-Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg/440px-Go_fly_a_kite_%287511318416%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>A first-person point of view of someone flying a kite.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yokaichi01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yokaichi01.jpg/250px-Yokaichi01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yokaichi01.jpg/330px-Yokaichi01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yokaichi01.jpg/440px-Yokaichi01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkaichi,_Shiga" title="Yōkaichi, Shiga">Yokaichi</a> Giant Kite Festival is held every July in <a href="/wiki/Higashiomi,_Shiga" class="mw-redirect" title="Higashiomi, Shiga">Higashiomi, Shiga</a>, Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kitesflying.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kitesflying.jpg/220px-Kitesflying.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kitesflying.jpg/330px-Kitesflying.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kitesflying.jpg/440px-Kitesflying.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Various kites being flown</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG/250px-Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG/330px-Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG/500px-Lachender_Drachen_in_Sternform.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Star-shaped kite above a meadow south of <a href="/wiki/Hockenheim" title="Hockenheim">Hockenheim</a>. This sparless, ram-air inflated kite, has a complex bridle formed of many strings attached to the face of the wing.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>kite</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Tether" title="Tether">tethered</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavier_than_air_flight" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavier than air flight">heavier-than-air</a> or lighter-than-air craft with <a href="/wiki/Wing" title="Wing">wing</a> surfaces that react against the air to create <a href="/wiki/Lift_(force)" title="Lift (force)">lift</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drag_(physics)" title="Drag (physics)">drag</a> forces.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some kite designs do not need a bridle; <a href="/wiki/Box_kite" title="Box kite">box kites</a> can have a single attachment point. A kite may have fixed or moving anchors that can balance the kite. The name is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Kite_(bird)" title="Kite (bird)">kite</a>, the hovering bird of prey.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several shapes of kites. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lift_(force)" title="Lift (force)">lift</a> that sustains the kite in flight is generated when air moves around the kite's surface, producing low pressure above and high pressure below the wings.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The interaction with the wind also generates horizontal <a href="/wiki/Drag_(physics)" title="Drag (physics)">drag</a> along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">lines</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tether" title="Tether">tethers</a> to which the kite is attached.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The anchor point of the kite line may be static or moving (e.g., the towing of a kite by a running person, boat, free-falling anchors as in paragliders and fugitive parakites<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or vehicle).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same principles of fluid flow apply in liquids, so kites can be used in underwater currents.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paravane_(water_kite)" title="Paravane (water kite)">Paravanes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bottom_trawling#Otter_trawling" title="Bottom trawling">otter boards</a> operate underwater on an analogous principle. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Man-lifting_kite" title="Man-lifting kite">Man-lifting kites</a> were made for reconnaissance, entertainment and during development of the first practical <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Biplane" title="Biplane">biplane</a>. </p><p>Kites have a long and varied history and many different types are flown individually and at <a href="/wiki/List_of_kite_festivals" title="List of kite festivals">festivals</a> worldwide. Kites may be flown for <a href="/wiki/Recreation" title="Recreation">recreation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art" title="Art">art</a> or other <a href="#Practical_uses">practical</a> uses. <a href="/wiki/Sport_kites" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport kites">Sport kites</a> can be flown in aerial <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a>, sometimes as part of a competition. <a href="/wiki/Power_kite" title="Power kite">Power kites</a> are multi-line steerable kites designed to generate large <a href="/wiki/Force" title="Force">forces</a> which can be used to power activities such as <a href="/wiki/Kite_surfing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite surfing">kite surfing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kite_landboarding" title="Kite landboarding">kite landboarding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kite_buggying" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite buggying">kite buggying</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snow_kiting" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow kiting">snow kiting</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fier_Drake_(1634_kite_woodcut).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fier_Drake_%281634_kite_woodcut%29.png/250px-Fier_Drake_%281634_kite_woodcut%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fier_Drake_%281634_kite_woodcut%29.png/330px-Fier_Drake_%281634_kite_woodcut%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fier_Drake_%281634_kite_woodcut%29.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Woodcut print of a kite from John Bate's 1635 book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysteries_of_Nature_and_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mysteries of Nature and Art">The Mysteries of Nature and Art</a></i> in which the kite is titled <i>How to make fire Drakes</i></figcaption></figure> <p>In China, the kite has been claimed as the invention of the 5th-century BC Chinese philosophers <a href="/wiki/Mozi" title="Mozi">Mozi</a> (also Mo Di, or Mo Ti) and <a href="/wiki/Lu_Ban" title="Lu Ban">Lu Ban</a> (also Gongshu Ban, or Kungshu Phan). Materials ideal for kite building were readily available including <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> fabric for sail material; fine, high-tensile-strength silk for flying line; and resilient <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a> for a strong, lightweight framework. By 549 AD, <a href="/wiki/Paper" title="Paper">paper</a> kites were certainly being flown, as it was recorded that in that year a paper kite was used as a message for a rescue mission. Ancient and medieval Chinese sources describe kites being used for measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signaling, and communication for military operations. The earliest known Chinese kites were flat (not bowed) and often rectangular. Later, tailless kites incorporated a stabilizing bowline. Kites were decorated with mythological motifs and legendary figures; some were fitted with strings and whistles to make musical sounds while flying.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_(%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg/250px-Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg/330px-Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg/500px-Kite_Flying_by_Suzuki_Harunobu_%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8_%E6%98%A5%E4%BF%A1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2872" data-file-height="3790" /></a><figcaption><i>Kite Flying</i> by <a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Harunobu" title="Suzuki Harunobu">Suzuki Harunobu</a>, 1766 (<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>After its introduction into <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the kite further evolved into the <a href="/wiki/Fighter_kite" title="Fighter kite">fighter kite</a>, known as the <a href="/wiki/Patang" class="mw-redirect" title="Patang">patang</a> in India, where thousands are flown every year on festivals such as <a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kites were known throughout <a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a>, as far as <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, with the assumption being that the knowledge diffused from China along with the people. Anthropomorphic kites made from cloth and wood were used in religious ceremonies to send prayers to the gods.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polynesian kite traditions are used by anthropologists to get an idea of early "primitive" Asian traditions that are believed to have at one time existed in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kites were late to arrive in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, although windsock-like banners were known and used by the Romans. Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo towards the end of the 13th century, and kites were brought back by sailors from <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> in the 16th and 17th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-G-Kites_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-Kites-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Konrad_Kyeser" title="Konrad Kyeser">Konrad Kyeser</a> described <a href="/wiki/Dragon_kite" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon kite">dragon kites</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Bellifortis" title="Bellifortis">Bellifortis</a></i> about 1400 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-ley196112_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ley196112-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although kites were initially regarded as mere curiosities, by the 18th and 19th centuries they were being used as vehicles for scientific research.<sup id="cite_ref-G-Kites_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-Kites-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg/250px-Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg/330px-Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg/500px-Kinderspiele_1828_Drachensteigen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="307" /></a><figcaption>Boys flying a kite. Engraving published in Germany in 1828 by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Michael_Voltz" title="Johann Michael Voltz">Johann Michael Voltz</a></figcaption></figure><p>In 1752, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> published an account of a <a href="/wiki/Kite_experiment" title="Kite experiment">kite experiment</a> to prove that <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> was caused by <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a>. </p><p>Kites were also instrumental in the research of the <a href="/wiki/Wright_brothers" title="Wright brothers">Wright brothers</a>, and others, as they developed the first airplane in the late 1800s. Several different designs of <a href="/wiki/Man-lifting_kite" title="Man-lifting kite">man-lifting kites</a> were developed. The period from 1860 to about 1910 became the European "golden age of kiting".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 20th century, many new kite designs are developed. These included <a href="/wiki/William_Abner_Eddy#Kites" title="William Abner Eddy">Eddy</a>'s tailless diamond, the <a href="/wiki/Tetrahedral_kite" title="Tetrahedral kite">tetrahedral kite</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rogallo_wing" title="Rogallo wing">Rogallo wing</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sled_kite" title="Sled kite">sled kite</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Parafoil" title="Parafoil">parafoil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Power_kite" title="Power kite">power kites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_of_Kites_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_of_Kites-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kites were used for scientific purposes, especially in meteorology, aeronautics, wireless communications and <a href="/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography" title="Kite aerial photography">photography</a>. The Rogallo wing was adapted for <a href="/wiki/Stunt_kite" class="mw-redirect" title="Stunt kite">stunt kites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hang_gliding" title="Hang gliding">hang gliding</a> and the parafoil was adapted for <a href="/wiki/Parachuting" title="Parachuting">parachuting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paragliding" title="Paragliding">paragliding</a>. </p><p>The rapid development of mechanically powered aircraft diminished interest in kites. <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> saw a limited use of kites for military purposes (<a href="/wiki/Survival_radio" title="Survival radio">survival radio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Focke_Achgelis_Fa_330" class="mw-redirect" title="Focke Achgelis Fa 330">Focke Achgelis Fa 330</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_radio_antenna_kites" title="Military radio antenna kites">military radio antenna kites</a>). </p><p>Kites are now mostly used for recreation. Lightweight synthetic materials (<a href="/wiki/Ripstop_nylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ripstop nylon">ripstop nylon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plastic_film" title="Plastic film">plastic film</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fiber" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber">carbon fiber</a> tube and rod) are used for kite making. Synthetic rope and cord (<a href="/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon">nylon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polyethylene" title="Polyethylene">polyethylene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevlar" title="Kevlar">kevlar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dyneema" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyneema">dyneema</a>) are used as bridle and kite line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Materials">Materials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Materials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg/250px-Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg/330px-Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg/500px-Sparless_Styrofoam_kite_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Sparless <a href="/wiki/Styrofoam" title="Styrofoam">styrofoam</a> kites</figcaption></figure> <p>Designs often emulate flying insects, birds, and other beasts, both real and mythical. The finest Chinese kites are made from split bamboo (usually golden bamboo), covered with silk, and hand painted. On larger kites, clever hinges and latches allow the kite to be disassembled and compactly folded for storage or transport. Cheaper mass-produced kites are often made from printed <a href="/wiki/Polyester" title="Polyester">polyester</a> rather than silk. </p><p>Tails are used for some <a href="/wiki/Inflatable_single-line_kite" title="Inflatable single-line kite">single-line kite</a> designs to keep the kite's nose pointing into the wind. Spinners and spinsocks can be attached to the flying line for visual effect. There are rotating wind socks which spin like a <a href="/wiki/Turbine" title="Turbine">turbine</a>. On large display kites these tails, spinners and spinsocks can be 50 feet (15 m) long or more. </p><p>Modern aerobatic kites use two or four lines to allow fine control of the kite's angle to the wind. Traction kites may have an additional line to de-power the kite and quick-release mechanisms to disengage flyer and kite in an emergency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practical_uses">Practical uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Practical uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kite_applications" title="Kite applications">Kite applications</a></div> <p>Kites have been used for human flight, military applications, science and meteorology, photography, lifting radio antennas, generating power, aerodynamics experiments, and much more. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_applications">Military applications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kites have been used for <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> purposes in the past, such as signaling, delivery of <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a>, and for <a href="/wiki/Observation" title="Observation">observation</a>, both by lifting an observer above the field of battle and by using <a href="/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography" title="Kite aerial photography">kite aerial photography</a>. </p><p>Kites were first used in warfare by the Chinese.<sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> the <i>Fire Crow</i>, a kite carrying incendiary powder, a fuse, and a burning stick of incense was developed as a weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Samguk_Sagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Samguk Sagi">Samguk Sagi</a></i>, in 647 <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yu-sin" title="Kim Yu-sin">Kim Yu-sin</a>, a Korean general of <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> rallied his troops to defeat rebels by using flaming kites which also frightened the enemy.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russian chronicles mention Prince <a href="/wiki/Oleg_of_Novgorod" class="mw-redirect" title="Oleg of Novgorod">Oleg of Novgorod</a> use of kites during the siege of <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> in 906: "and he crafted horses and men of paper, armed and gilded, and lifted them into the air over the city; the Greeks saw them and feared them".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Walter_de_Milemete" title="Walter de Milemete">Walter de Milemete</a>'s 1326 <i>De nobilitatibus, sapientiis, et prudentiis regum</i> treatise depicts a group of knights flying kite laden with a black-powder filled firebomb over the wall of city.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kites were also used by <a href="/wiki/Admiral_Yi" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral Yi">Admiral Yi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Joseon_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseon Dynasty">Joseon Dynasty</a> (1392–1910) of Korea. During the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%931598)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)">Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)</a>, Admiral Yi commanded his navy using kites. His kites had specific markings directing his fleet to perform various orders.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cody_manlifter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cody_manlifter.jpg/250px-Cody_manlifter.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Cody_manlifter.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="292" /></a><figcaption>One of Cody's "manlifter" kites in 1908</figcaption></figure> <p>In the modern era the British Army used kites to haul human lookouts into the air for observation purposes, using the kites developed by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Franklin_Cody" title="Samuel Franklin Cody">Samuel Franklin Cody</a>. Barrage kites were used to protect shipping during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kites were also used for anti-aircraft target practice.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kites and <a href="/wiki/Kytoon" title="Kytoon">kytoons</a> were used for lofting communications antenna.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarines">Submarines</a> lofted observers in rotary kites.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palestinians from the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> have flown <a href="/wiki/Firebomb_kite" class="mw-redirect" title="Firebomb kite">firebomb kites</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel–Gaza barrier">Israel–Gaza barrier</a>, setting fires on the Israeli side of the border,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Dunams" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunams">dunams</a> of Israeli crop fields were burned by firebomb kites launched from Gaza, with an estimated economic loss of several millions of <a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">shekels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_and_meteorology">Science and meteorology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Science and meteorology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kites have been used for scientific purposes, such as <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>'s famous experiment proving that <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> is <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a>. Kites were the precursors to the traditional <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>, and were instrumental in the development of early flying craft. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a> experimented with very large <a href="/wiki/Man-lifting_kite" title="Man-lifting kite">man-lifting kites</a>, as did the <a href="/wiki/Wright_brothers" title="Wright brothers">Wright brothers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Hargrave" title="Lawrence Hargrave">Lawrence Hargrave</a>. Kites had a historical role in lifting scientific instruments to measure atmospheric conditions for <a href="/wiki/Weather_forecasting" title="Weather forecasting">weather forecasting</a>. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ronalds" title="Francis Ronalds">Francis Ronalds</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Radcliffe_Birt" title="William Radcliffe Birt">William Radcliffe Birt</a> described a very stable kite at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Observatory" title="King's Observatory">Kew Observatory</a> as early as 1847 that was trialled for the purpose of supporting self-registering meteorological instruments at height.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_aerials_and_light_beacons">Radio aerials and light beacons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio aerials and light beacons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kites can be used for radio purposes, by kites carrying antennas for <a href="/wiki/Medium_frequency" title="Medium frequency">MF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Low_frequency" title="Low frequency">LF</a> or <a href="/wiki/VLF" class="mw-redirect" title="VLF">VLF</a>-transmitters. This method was used for the reception station of the first transatlantic transmission by <a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Marconi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Moored_balloon" class="mw-redirect" title="Moored balloon">Captive balloons</a> may be more convenient for such experiments, because kite-carried antennas require a lot of wind, which may be not always possible with heavy equipment and a ground conductor. It must be taken into account during experiments, that a conductor carried by a kite can lead to high voltage toward ground, which can endanger people and equipment, if suitable precautions (grounding through resistors or a <a href="/wiki/Resonant_circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Resonant circuit">parallel resonant circuit</a> tuned to transmission frequency) are not taken. </p><p>Kites can be used to carry light effects such as lightsticks or battery powered lights. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kite_traction">Kite traction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kite traction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kite333.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Kite333.JPG/250px-Kite333.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Kite333.JPG/330px-Kite333.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Kite333.JPG/500px-Kite333.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A quad-line traction kite, commonly used as a power source for <a href="/wiki/Kite_surfing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite surfing">kite surfing</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kites can be used to pull people and vehicles downwind. Efficient <a href="/wiki/Foil_kite" title="Foil kite">foil-type kites</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Power_kite" title="Power kite">power kites</a> can also be used to sail upwind under the same principles as used by other sailing craft, provided that lateral forces on the ground or in the water are redirected as with the keels, center boards, wheels and ice blades of traditional sailing craft. In the last two decades several kite sailing sports have become popular, such as kite buggying, kite land boarding, <a href="/wiki/Kiteboating" title="Kiteboating">kite boating</a> and kite surfing. Snow kiting has also become popular in recent years. </p><p>Kite sailing opens several possibilities not available in traditional sailing: </p> <ul><li>Wind speeds are greater at higher altitudes</li> <li>Kites may be maneuvered dynamically which increases the force available dramatically</li> <li>There is no need for mechanical structures to withstand bending forces; vehicles or hulls can be very light or dispensed with all together</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electricity_generation">Electricity generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electricity generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Computer-controlled kites can serve as a method of <a href="/wiki/Electricity_generation" title="Electricity generation">electricity generation</a> when windmills are impractical. Several companies have introduced self-contained crates and shipping containers that provide an alternative to gas-powered generators for remote locations. Such systems use a combination of autonomous, self-launching kites for generation and batteries to store excess power for when winds are low or when otherwise draw exceeds supply. Some designs are tethered to long lines to reach high altitude winds which are always present, even when ground level winds are unavailable or insufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Underwater_kites">Underwater kites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Underwater kites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tidal_stream_generator" title="Tidal stream generator">Underwater kites</a> are now being developed to harvest renewable power from the flow of water.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A <b>kite</b> was used in minesweeping operations from the First World War: this was a foil "attached to a sweep-wire submerging it to the requisite depth when it is towed over a minefield" (<i><a href="/wiki/OED" class="mw-redirect" title="OED">OED</a></i>, 2021). See also <a href="/wiki/Paravane_(water_kite)" title="Paravane (water kite)">paravane</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_uses">Cultural uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cultural uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_kite_festivals" title="List of kite festivals">Kite festivals</a> are a popular form of entertainment throughout the world. They include large local events, traditional festivals which have been held for hundreds<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2012)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of years and major international festivals which bring in kite flyers from other countries to display their unique art kites and demonstrate the latest technical kites. </p><p>Many countries have kite museums.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These museums may have a focus on historical kites, preserving the country's kite traditions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India,_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab;_..._translated_from_the_German,_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_(11024411234).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg/250px-Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg/330px-Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg/500px-Image_taken_from_page_64_of_%27Travels_in_India%2C_including_Sinde_and_the_Punjab%3B_..._translated_from_the_German%2C_by_H._E._Lloyd%27_%2811024411234%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1162" data-file-height="1627" /></a><figcaption>Kite maker from India, image from <i>Travels in India, including Sinde and the Punjab</i> by H. E. Lloyd, 1845</figcaption></figure><p> Kite flying is popular in many Asian countries, where it often takes the form of "<a href="/wiki/Kite_fighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite fighting">kite fighting</a>", in which participants try to snag each other's kites or cut other kites down.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_kite" title="Fighter kite">Fighter kites</a> are usually small, flattened diamond-shaped kites made of paper and bamboo. Tails are not used on fighter kites so that agility and maneuverability are not compromised.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg/220px-Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg/330px-Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg/440px-Thrill-of-flying-kites_640.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Boy flying kite in outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu_Valley" title="Kathmandu Valley">Kathmandu</a> Valley</figcaption></figure><p>In <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, kite flying is a popular game, and is known in <a href="/wiki/Dari_(Eastern_Persian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dari (Eastern Persian)">Dari</a> as <i>Gudiparan Bazi</i>. Some kite fighters pass their strings through a mixture of ground glass powder and glue, which is legal. The resulting strings are very abrasive and can sever the competitor's strings more easily. The abrasive strings can also injure people. During the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> rule in Afghanistan, kite flying was banned, among various other recreations. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, kite flying is often known as Gudi-Bazi or Patang-bazi. Although kite flying is a popular ritual for the celebration of spring festival known as <a href="/wiki/Jashn-e-Baharaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jashn-e-Baharaan">Jashn-e-Baharaan</a> (lit. Spring Festival) or <a href="/wiki/Basant_(season)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basant (season)">Basant</a>, kites are flown throughout the year. <a href="/wiki/Fighter_kite" title="Fighter kite">Kite fighting</a> is a very popular pastime all around Pakistan, but mostly in urban centers across the country (especially <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>). The kite fights are at their highest during the spring celebrations and the fighters enjoy competing with rivals to cut-loose the string of the others kite, popularly known as "Paecha". During the spring festival, kite flying competitions are held across the country and the skies are colored with kites. When a competitor succeeds in cutting another's kite loose, shouts of 'wo kata' ring through the air. Cut kites are reclaimed by chasing after them. This is a popular ritual, especially among the country's youth, and is depicted in the 2007 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kite_Runner_(film)" title="The Kite Runner (film)">The Kite Runner</a></i> (although that story is based in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>). Kites and strings are a big business in the country and several different types of string are used, including glass-coated, metal, and tandi. Kite flying was banned in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab, India</a> due to more than one motorcyclist death caused by glass-coated or metal kite strings.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kup, Patang, Guda, and Nakhlaoo are some of the popular kite brands; they vary in balance, weight and speed. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> kites are flown as both sport and recreation. One of the most popular kite variants is from <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>. Balinese kites are unique and they have different designs and forms; birds, butterflies, dragons, ships, etc. In <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, kites are flown without tails. Instead small flutes are attached allowing the wind to "hum" a musical tune. There are other forms of sound-making kites. In Bali, large bows are attached to the front of the kites to make a deep throbbing vibration, and in Malaysia, a row of gourds with sound-slots are used to create a whistle as the kite flies. Malaysia is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Kite_Museum_(Malacca)" title="Kite Museum (Malacca)">Kite Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kite are also popular in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, especially in hilly areas and among the <a href="/wiki/Pahari_people_(Nepal)" title="Pahari people (Nepal)">Pahadi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newar_people" title="Newar people">Newar</a> communities, although people also fly kites in <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a> areas. Unlike India, people in Nepal fly kites in August – September period and is more popular in time of <a href="/wiki/Dashain" title="Dashain">Dashain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kites are very popular in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, with the states of Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab notable for their kite fighting festivals. Highly maneuverable single-string paper and bamboo kites are flown from the rooftops while using line friction in an attempt to cut each other's kite lines, either by letting the cutting line loose at high speed or by pulling the line in a fast and repeated manner. During the Indian spring festival of <a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a>, near the middle of January, millions of people fly kites all over northern India. Kite flying in Hyderabad starts a month before this, but kite flying/fighting is an important part of other celebrations, including <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day" title="Republic Day">Republic Day</a>, Independence Day, <a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishvakarman#Vishwakarma_Puja" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishvakarman">Viswakarma Puja day</a> in late September and <a href="/wiki/Janmashtami" class="mw-redirect" title="Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a>. An international kite festival is held every year before <a href="/wiki/Uttarayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarayan">Uttarayan</a> for three days in <a href="/wiki/Vadodara" title="Vadodara">Vadodara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>. </p><p>Kites have been flown in China since ancient times. <a href="/wiki/Weifang" title="Weifang">Weifang</a> is home to the largest kite museum in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also hosts an annual international kite festival on the large salt flats south of the city. There are several kite museums in Japan, UK, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA. In the pre-modern period, Malays in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> used kites for fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Japan, kite flying is traditionally a children's play in New Year holidays and in the Boys' Festival in May. In some areas, there is a tradition to celebrate a new boy baby with a new kite (祝い凧). There are many kite festivals throughout Japan. The most famous one is "Yōkaichi Giant Kite Festival" in <a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dmi,_Shiga" class="mw-redirect" title="Higashiōmi, Shiga">Higashiōmi, Shiga</a>, which started in 1841.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest kite ever built in the festival is 62 feet (19 m) wide by 67 feet (20 m) high and weighs 3,307 pounds (1,500 kg).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu_Kite_Festival" title="Hamamatsu Kite Festival">Hamamatsu Kite Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu,_Shizuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamamatsu, Shizuoka">Hamamatsu, Shizuoka</a>, more than 100 kites are flown in the sky over the <a href="/wiki/Nakatajima_Sand_Dunes" title="Nakatajima Sand Dunes">Nakatajima Sand Dunes</a>, one of the three largest sand dunes in Japan, which overlooks the Enshunada Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parents who have a new baby prepare a new kite with their baby's name and fly it in the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These kites are traditional ones made from bamboo and paper. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malaysiakite.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Making a traditional Wau jala budi kite in Malaysia. The bamboo frame is covered with plain paper and then decorated with multiple layers of shaped paper and foil."><img alt="Making a traditional Wau jala budi kite in Malaysia. The bamboo frame is covered with plain paper and then decorated with multiple layers of shaped paper and foil." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Malaysiakite.jpg/133px-Malaysiakite.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Malaysiakite.jpg/200px-Malaysiakite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Malaysiakite.jpg/266px-Malaysiakite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Making a traditional <i>Wau jala budi</i> kite in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>. The bamboo frame is covered with plain paper and then decorated with multiple layers of shaped paper and foil.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balinese_Kites_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Various Balinese kites is on display in front of a store in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia"><img alt="Various Balinese kites is on display in front of a store in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Balinese_Kites_5.jpg/150px-Balinese_Kites_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Balinese_Kites_5.jpg/225px-Balinese_Kites_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Balinese_Kites_5.jpg/300px-Balinese_Kites_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Various Balinese kites is on display in front of a store in <a href="/wiki/Ubud" title="Ubud">Ubud</a>, Bali, Indonesia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A kite shop in Lucknow, India"><img alt="A kite shop in Lucknow, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg/133px-Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg/199px-Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg/265px-Kite_shop_in_Lucknow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1130" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A kite shop in <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_kites.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional Japanese kites"><img alt="Traditional Japanese kites" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Japanese_kites.jpg/200px-Japanese_kites.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Japanese_kites.jpg/300px-Japanese_kites.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Japanese_kites.jpg/400px-Japanese_kites.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="2124" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Traditional Japanese kites</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Different kites are sold at a shop in Hội An, Vietnam"><img alt="Different kites are sold at a shop in Hội An, Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg/250px-Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg/330px-Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg/500px-Wt-3395EX4.5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1367" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Different kites are sold at a shop in <a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%99i_An" title="Hội An">Hội An</a>, Vietnam</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg/250px-Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg/330px-Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg/500px-Bermuda_Kite_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_kite" title="Bermuda kite">Bermuda kite</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, flying kites is a tradition for <a href="/wiki/Clean_Monday" title="Clean Monday">Clean Monday</a>, the first day of <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="British Overseas Territory">British Overseas Territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, traditional <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_kite" title="Bermuda kite">Bermuda kites</a> are made and flown at <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>, to symbolise Christ's ascent. In <a href="/wiki/Fuerteventura" title="Fuerteventura">Fuerteventura</a> a kite festival is usually held on the weekend nearest to 8 November lasting for 3 days. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polynesia">Polynesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Polynesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polynesian traditional kites are sometimes used at ceremonies and variants of traditional kites for amusement. Older pieces are kept in museums. These are treasured by the people of Polynesia. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles-Barraud-maori-kite.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Māori kite"><img alt="Māori kite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Charles-Barraud-maori-kite.jpg/250px-Charles-Barraud-maori-kite.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Charles-Barraud-maori-kite.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="139" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a> kite</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Launch of ram-air inflated Peter Lynn single-line kite, shaped like an octopus and 90 feet (27 m) long"><img alt="Launch of ram-air inflated Peter Lynn single-line kite, shaped like an octopus and 90 feet (27 m) long" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg/150px-Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg/225px-Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg/300px-Peter-lynn-octopus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="783" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Launch of ram-air inflated <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lynn" title="Peter Lynn">Peter Lynn</a> single-line kite, shaped like an octopus and 90 feet (27 m) long</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_America">South America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg/250px-Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg/330px-Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg/500px-Worlds_Largest_Kite_-_Aloft_-_Taken_in_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>A kite in the shape of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kuwait" title="Flag of Kuwait">flag of Kuwait</a>. The size when flat is 42 by 25 meters (138 ft × 82 ft), 1,050 square meters (11,300 sq ft). While flying it becomes a little smaller (about 900 square meters (9,700 sq ft)) due to curvature of the edges when inflated.</figcaption></figure><p>In <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, flying a kite is a very popular leisure activity for children, teenagers and even young adults. Mostly these are boys, and it is overwhelmingly <a href="/wiki/Kite_fighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite fighting">kite fighting</a> a game whose goal is to maneuver their own kites to cut the other persons' kites' strings during flight, and followed by <a href="/wiki/Kite_running" title="Kite running">kite running</a> where participants race through the streets to take the free-drifting kites. As in other countries with similar traditions, injuries are common and motorcyclists in particular need to take precautions.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, kites are very popular, especially during Independence Day festivities (September 18). In Peru, kites are also very popular. There are kite festivals in parks and beaches mostly on August. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, kites can be seen flown in parks and recreation areas during August which is calles as windy. It is during this month that most people, especially the young ones would fly kites. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, kites are flown at Easter, an activity in which all ethnic and religious groups participate. Kites are generally not flown at any other time of year. Kites start appearing in the sky in the weeks leading up to Easter and school children are taken to parks for the activity. It all culminates in a massive airborne celebration on Easter Monday especially in Georgetown, the capital, and other coastal areas. The history of the practice is not entirely clear but given that Easter is a Christian festival, it is said that kite flying is symbolic of the Risen Lord. Moore<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> describes the phenomenon in the 19th century as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A very popular Creole pastime was the flying of kites. Easter Monday, a public holiday, was the great kite-flying day on the sea wall in Georgetown and on open lands in villages. Young and old alike, male and female, appeared to be seized by kite-flying mania. Easter 1885 serves as a good example. "The appearance of the sky all over Georgetown, but especially towards the Sea Wall, was very striking, the air being thick with kites of all shapes and sizes, covered with gaily coloured paper, all riding bravely on the strong wind.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>(His quotation is from a letter to The Creole newspaper of December 29, 1858.)</cite></div></blockquote> <p>The exact origins of the practice of kite flying (exclusively) at Easter are unclear. <a href="/wiki/Bridget_Brereton" title="Bridget Brereton">Bridget Brereton</a> and Kevin Yelvington<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> speculate that kite flying was introduced by Chinese indentured immigrants to the then colony of British Guiana in the mid 19th century. The author of an article in the <i>Guyana Chronicle</i> newspaper of May 6, 2007 is more certain: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Kite flying originated as a Chinese tradition to mark the beginning of spring. However, because the plantation owners were suspicious of the planter class (read "plantation workers"), the Chinese claimed that it represented the resurrection of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a>. It was a clever argument, as at that time, Christians celebrated Easter to the glory of the risen Christ. The Chinese came to Guyana from 1853–1879.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_records">World records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: World records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_dragon_kite_(Berkeley,_California_-_2000).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg/220px-Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg/330px-Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg/440px-Chinese_dragon_kite_%28Berkeley%2C_California_-_2000%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>Chinese dragon kite more than one hundred feet long which flew at the annual <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a> kite festival in 2000</figcaption></figure> <p>There are many world records involving kites.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The world's largest kites are <a href="/wiki/Inflatable_single-line_kite" title="Inflatable single-line kite">inflatable single-line kites</a>. The world record for the largest kite flown for at least 20 minutes is "The Flag of Kuwait".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The world record for most kites flown simultaneously was achieved in 2011 when 12,350 kites were flown by children on Al-Waha beach in Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The single-kite altitude record is held by a triangular-box delta kite. On 23 September 2014 a team led by Robert Moore, flew a 129 square feet (12 m<sup>2</sup>) kite to 16,009 feet (4,880 m) above ground level.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The record altitude was reached after eight series of attempts over a ten-year period from a remote location in western New South Wales, Australia. The 9.2 feet (3 m) tall and 19.6 feet (6 m) wide Dunton-Taylor delta kite's flight was controlled by a winch system using 40,682 feet (12,400 m) of ultra high strength Dyneema line. The flight took about eight hours from ground and return. The height was measured with on-board GPS telemetry transmitting positional data in real time to a ground-based computer and also back-up GPS data loggers for later analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kite_Runner" title="The Kite Runner">The Kite Runner</a></i>, a 2005 novel by <a href="/wiki/Khaled_Hosseini" title="Khaled Hosseini">Khaled Hosseini</a> dramatizes the role of <a href="/wiki/Kite_fighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite fighting">kite fighting</a> in pre-war <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i> cartoon character <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brown" title="Charlie Brown">Charlie Brown</a> was often depicted having flown his kite into a tree as a metaphor for life's adversities.</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Fly_a_Kite" title="Let's Go Fly a Kite">Let's Go Fly a Kite</a>" is a song from the Mary Poppins <a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)" title="Mary Poppins (film)">film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(musical)" title="Mary Poppins (musical)">musical</a>.</li> <li>In the Disney animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film)" title="Mulan (1998 film)">Mulan</a></i>, kites are flown in the parade.</li> <li>In the film <i><a href="/wiki/Shooter_(2007_film)" title="Shooter (2007 film)">Shooter</a></i>, a kite is used to show the wind direction and wind velocity.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_(Kate_Bush_song)" title="Kite (Kate Bush song)">"Kite"</a> is a 1978 song celebrating kite flying and appears on <a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush's</a> first album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kick_Inside" title="The Kick Inside">The Kick Inside</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_safety_issues">General safety issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: General safety issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Man_flying_kite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Man_flying_kite.jpg/250px-Man_flying_kite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Man_flying_kite.jpg/330px-Man_flying_kite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Man_flying_kite.jpg/500px-Man_flying_kite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A man flying a kite on the <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beach</a>, a good location for flying as winds travelling across the sea contain few <a href="/wiki/Turbulence" title="Turbulence">up or down draughts</a> which cause kites to fly erratically</figcaption></figure> <p>There are safety issues involved in kite-flying. Kite lines can strike and tangle on electrical power lines, causing power blackouts and running the risk of electrocuting the kite flier. Wet kite lines or wire can act as a conductor for static electricity and lightning when the weather is stormy. Kites with large surface area or powerful lift can lift kite fliers off the ground or drag them into other objects. In urban areas there is usually a ceiling on how high a kite can be flown, to prevent the kite and line infringing on the airspace of helicopters and light aircraft. It is also possible for fighter kites to kill people, as happened in India when three spectators were killed in separate incidents during Independence Day, August, 2016—precipitating a ban on certain types of enhanced line. </p><p>The government of Egypt banned kite-flying in <a href="/wiki/2020_in_Egypt" title="2020 in Egypt">July 2020</a>, seizing 369 kites in Cairo and 99 in Alexandria, citing both safety and national security concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designs">Designs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Designs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_kite" title="Bermuda kite">Bermuda kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowed_kite" title="Bowed kite">Bowed kite</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Rokkaku_dako" title="Rokkaku dako">Rokkaku</a></li> <li>Cellular or <a href="/wiki/Box_kite" title="Box kite">box kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapi-chapi" title="Chapi-chapi">Chapi-chapi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_kite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta kite (page does not exist)">Delta kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foil_kite" title="Foil kite">Foil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parafoil" title="Parafoil">parafoil</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bow_kite" title="Bow kite">bow kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leading_edge_inflatable_kite" title="Leading edge inflatable kite">Leading edge inflatable kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_kite" title="Malay kite">Malay kite</a> see also <a href="/wiki/Wau_bulan" title="Wau bulan">wau bulan (Moon kite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrahedral_kite" title="Tetrahedral kite">Tetrahedral kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sled_kite" title="Sled kite">Sled kite</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DeltaKite.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="This delta kite has a keel instead of a bridle"><img alt="This delta kite has a keel instead of a bridle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DeltaKite.JPG/200px-DeltaKite.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DeltaKite.JPG/300px-DeltaKite.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DeltaKite.JPG/400px-DeltaKite.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2969" data-file-height="1858" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">This delta kite has a keel instead of a bridle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/200px--Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="200" height="113" data-durationhint="25" data-mwtitle="Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm/Japanese_kite_-_Tokyo_-_2019_10_5.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Giant Japanese kite launched, 2019</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stringoperamaskkite.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Train of connected kites"><img alt="Train of connected kites" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Stringoperamaskkite.JPG/250px-Stringoperamaskkite.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Stringoperamaskkite.JPG/330px-Stringoperamaskkite.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Stringoperamaskkite.JPG/500px-Stringoperamaskkite.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2128" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Train of connected kites</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kites fly on top of the Mitsui Store where the craftsmen are working on top of the roof, print by Hokusai"><img alt="Kites fly on top of the Mitsui Store where the craftsmen are working on top of the roof, print by Hokusai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg/200px-A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg/300px-A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg/400px-A_sketch_of_the_Mitsui_shop_in_Suruga_street_in_Edo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4423" data-file-height="2942" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kites fly on top of the Mitsui Store where the craftsmen are working on top of the roof, print by <a href="/wiki/Hokusai" title="Hokusai">Hokusai</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hiroshige II Enshū Akiha (1859)"><img alt="Hiroshige II Enshū Akiha (1859)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg/108px-Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg/162px-Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg/217px-Hiroshige_II_Ensh%C5%AB_Akiha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="1390" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshige_II" title="Hiroshige II">Hiroshige II</a> Enshū Akiha (1859)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Story_of_the_mince_pie_(1916)_(14749678221).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Illustration from the book Story of the mince pie by Josephine Scribner Gates (1916)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Story_of_the_mince_pie_%281916%29_%2814749678221%29.jpg/120px-Story_of_the_mince_pie_%281916%29_%2814749678221%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Story_of_the_mince_pie_%281916%29_%2814749678221%29.jpg/250px-Story_of_the_mince_pie_%281916%29_%2814749678221%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2002" data-file-height="2910" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Illustration from the book Story of the mince pie by Josephine Scribner Gates (1916)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_kite" title="Fighter kite">Fighter kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_kite" title="Indoor kite">Indoor kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inflatable_single-line_kite" title="Inflatable single-line kite">Inflatable single-line kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kytoon" title="Kytoon">Kytoon</a> - a hybrid tethered craft comprising both a lighter-than-air balloon as well as a kite lifting surface</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man-lifting_kite" title="Man-lifting kite">Man-lifting kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogallo_wing" title="Rogallo wing">Rogallo parawing kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_kite" title="Sport kite">Stunt (sport) kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravane_(water_kite)" title="Paravane (water kite)">Water kite</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kite&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_wind_turbine" title="Airborne wind turbine">Airborne wind turbine</a>, concept for a wind generator flown as kite</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captive_helicopter" title="Captive helicopter">Captive helicopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captive_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Captive plane">Captive plane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_altitude_wind_power" class="mw-redirect" title="High altitude wind power">High altitude wind power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography" title="Kite aerial photography">Kite aerial photography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_buggying" class="mw-redirect" title="Kite buggying">Kite buggying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_fishing" title="Kite fishing">Kite fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_ice_skating" title="Kite ice skating">Kite ice skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_landboarding" title="Kite landboarding">Kite landboarding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_(geometry)" title="Kite (geometry)">Kite shape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiteboating" title="Kiteboating">Kiteboating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitelife" title="Kitelife">Kitelife</a>, an American magazine devoted to kites</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitesurfing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitesurfing">Kitesurfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kite_rig" title="Kite rig">Kite rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kite_festivals" title="List of kite festivals">List of kite festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Tails" title="Sea Tails">Sea Tails</a>, video installation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_balloon" title="Solar balloon">Solar balloon</a>, a solar-heated hot air balloon that can be flown like a kite, but on windless days.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarayan">Uttarayan</a>, the kite flying festival of western India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weifang_International_Kite_Festival" title="Weifang International Kite Festival">Weifang International Kite Festival</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEden2002" class="citation book cs1">Eden, Maxwell (2002). <i>The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight</i>. 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style="background-color: #e6e6ff">Lift: Lighter than air gas</th> <th style="background-color: #e6e6ff">Lift: Fixed wing</th> <th style="background-color: #e6e6ff">Lift: Unpowered rotor</th> <th style="background-color: #e6e6ff">Lift: Powered rotor </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left; background-color: #e6e6ff">Unpowered free flight </th> <td>(Free) <a href="/wiki/Balloon_(aeronautics)" title="Balloon (aeronautics)">balloon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glider_(aircraft)" title="Glider (aircraft)">Glider</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopter</a>, etc. in <a href="/wiki/Autorotation" title="Autorotation">autorotation</a></td> <td>(None – see note 2) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left; background-color: #e6e6ff">Tethered (static or towed) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tethered_balloon" title="Tethered balloon">Tethered balloon</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kite</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rotor_kite" title="Rotor kite">Rotor kite</a></td> <td>(None – see note 2) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left; background-color: #e6e6ff">Powered </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">Airship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airplane" title="Airplane">Airplane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ornithopter" title="Ornithopter">ornithopter</a>, etc.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Autogyro" title="Autogyro">Autogyro</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyrodyne" title="Gyrodyne">Gyrodyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Note 1: <span class="wrap">A <a href="/wiki/Tiltwing" title="Tiltwing">tiltwing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tiltrotor" title="Tiltrotor">tiltrotor</a> aircraft functions as an aeroplane during normal (horizontal) flight and as a helicopter during low-speed flight.</span></li></ul> <ul><li>Note 2: <span 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Some toys (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Balloon_helicopter" title="Balloon helicopter">balloon helicopter</a>) do have a powered rotor with no means to tilt the rotor to produce horizontal thrust.</span></li></ul> <ul><li>Note 3: <span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle" title="Ground-effect vehicle">Ground-effect vehicles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hovercraft" title="Hovercraft">hovercraft</a> are not included in the table, nor are <a href="/wiki/Experimental_aircraft" title="Experimental aircraft">experimental aircraft</a> with novel thrust / lift solutions (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Coleopter" title="Coleopter">coleopter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Thrust_Measuring_Rig" title="Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig">Flying Bedstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar" title="Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar">Avrocar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flettner_airplane" title="Flettner airplane">flettner airplane</a>) or balloon-wing hybrids (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Kytoon" title="Kytoon">kytoon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_airship" title="Hybrid airship">hybrid airship</a>).</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kites_and_kite_flying263" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kites" title="Template:Kites"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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