In search of kite fighters with Harsha (Harri)
Walk through the Pongal festival park that Harsha took me to
January 14, 2011:Hyderabad Kite Fiting
Its a special time and kite fighting is moving ahead in preparation for tomorrow - here is e is kite man - who shared his kite with me
The brownish string is cutting string (abrasive) and the white string is non abrasive
Kiteman and his kite
Kite and a passing jet
Kite lessons
and guess who got to relive the joy of childhood kiting (typically in March in North Carolina)
Harsha and myself
Me flying
Liftoff of another kite
More liftoff
Green kite
Fun kite
Kites in the sky
Sand painting
The sand painting competition
Teaching little fingers how to paint
The art and skill of painting
distributing sand
Placing sand
More distributing sand (carefully) --
Another artist - painting with purple sand
distributing
Finishing touches
More painting lessons - teaching little fingers to paint
Pink painting
A view of the competitors
Welcome at the park entrance
The tea stall - great masala milk tea
Tea man mixing
Tea man pouring
Tea man cooling (pouring) tea (a great skill)
Cooling tea
Adding milk - a first experience of this sort of milking the bag of milk
Milking the bag of milk
Lady in green - practice panning to blur the background
Lady in brown
Portrait man
Another view
Colorful music man
A small ensemble
The Group
The main music man
Then a fascinating experience - a quartet for bull, 2 oboes and drummer
Oboe man
Then this guy has the bull stand on him
Kneeling
Two legs on man
Head of a bull
Foot on head - all the while - crazy music from oboe man and drummer
4 legs on the man - entire bull weight - hmmmm
Video of symphony and bull
Kites at a different venue:w - the lake
Another kite
Kites
Kites everywhere
Kites
Kites
Liftoff
Liftoff
Many kites
Kites kids
Another view
Kite shop
C. Frank Starmer