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Team Mangalore set to wing its way to Dubai International Kite Festival

Published On : 25 Jan 2015


Mangaluru (TNN): City based intrepid group of kite flyers - Team Mangalore are headed for the fourth Dubai International Kite Festival. They are going there on an official invitation at the event organised by Classic Concepts LLC, an event management company in connection with Dubai Shopping Festival that will end on February 1. The kite festival will be held at Jumeira Beach from January 29 to 31.

This unique kite festival will showcase some of the best kites flown by flyers of international fame around the world. Team Mangalore (India), a regular in international kite flying scene will be represented by Sarvesh Rao B, the founder of the team, Nitin J Shetty, Subhash Pai and Sathish Rao. Kites of all shapes and sizes will be on display including some massive character and theme based kites.

These include the Garuda, Yakshagana, Pushpaka, Delta Devil kites and many more. The team's new creation Vibhishana will be added attraction to this event. It will be an annual gathering of all the kite lovers in the Middle-East. Earlier, Team Mangalore has participated in various International Kite Festivals held at Canada, UK, France, Thailand, Korea, Italy, and Hong Kong, Sri Lanka among other nations.

Team Mangalore incidentally had unveiled Vibhishana at an international Kite festival at France winning accolades from the people of France. In addition to Vibhishana, the Team is going to showcase their other variety of kites including Yakshagana, Kathakkali - the largest kite in India and also various other kites such as Garuda, Delta Devil, Durga, Owl, Pushpaka Vimana, Bird, Bat Series.


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