Bali Kite Festival
bali kite festival annual international kite festival held july padang galak area sanur beach bali traditional giant kite metre width almost metre length made flown competitively team village banjar denpasar event seasonal religious festival intended send thanking message hindu god create abundant crop harvest team consist people team gamelan band flag bearer flyer bebean fishshaped janggan birdshaped pecukan leafshaped three traditional kite flown kite festival kite flown team adult kitefliers bebean largest kite look like broadmouthed splittailed fish janggan form broad flowing cloth tail reach metre length pecukan requires skill fly unstable form often tumble towards ground red white black traditional colour used kite design type traditional kite competition heat team vying best launch longest flight sometimes kite come adjacent rice paddy team member dash paddy rescue kite land water competition also held new creation kreasi baru kite may include detailed threedimensional figure representing hindu god sponsorship kite traditional new creation kite constructed bamboo cotton cloth dry season june august wind blow continually east west indonesia balinese child adult fly kite vacant rice paddy period gamelan orchestra play music throughout festival festival attracts many tourist international kitefliers along many local spectator culture indonesia balinese saka calendar kite line vol summer kitelifecom dancing frog