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17-08-2016, 08:36 AM
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Kite Flying

Never thought that it could be this dangerous although I was aware of Indian Fighting Kites. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37103668
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17-08-2016, 08:55 AM
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What a ridiculous way to die.
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17-08-2016, 09:06 AM
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17-08-2016, 09:20 AM
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The Fighting Kites are a single line kite, not easy to control, but many in India are extremely skilled with them. They are mostly used in the Cities flying from rooftops and the idea is to cut your opponents line and capture his kite and as much line as possible. Only the couple of metres of line close to the kite should have glass on it, this sounds as though people are using it on more line than they should do.
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How terrible, we go out with kites fairly frequently thankfully it's a fun thing not competitive at all.
 

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