The mesmerizing sight brings back a long-cherished tradition—and an uptick in tourism
When the winds begin to pick up over the Indonesian island of Bali in late May, the skies are streaked with fluttering colors—the reds, yellows, and blacks that announce the arrival of kite season.
When the wind didn’t come—and it rarely blew through the fields as powerfully as it did on the beaches—the boys would whistle loudly, acting out stories of Rare Angon, the Hindu god revered by kite flyers. According to lore, his magical flute beckoned the wind. Kites that dance on those gusts are said to help farmers keep pests away from their harvests.
A group of musicians play in a traditional gamelan orchestra during the Bali Kite Festival, which has been held nearly every year since its founding in 1978. Gamelan is often played during the competition to build up momentum for the kite’s handlers.Villages in Bali send teams to compete in the Bali Kite Festival. Here, members from a hamlet called Dangin Peken carry theirPlease be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Four styles of kite take flight at the festival: the ornate, long-tailed bird or dragon; the fish, perhaps the most popular; and the leaf, considered the toughest to fly because of its curved shape. A fourth type of kite is left open to interpretation, and participants can adapt Balinese culture and history for the skies. Judges score each team on the kite’s aesthetics, itsMade Semara Putra and Putu Agus Adi Setiawan assemble a bebean kite in a rice field outside Tunjuk village.
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