After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.

A burst of color lit up Lahore’s night sky overnight as Pakistan’s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades.

To see big kites in Bali, you don’t have to go any further than the beach in Canggu or any of the popular beaches on Bali’s ...

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

Clean Monday—the beginning of Lent among Orthodox Christians—is the day Greeks fly kites, symbolic of the Resurrection.

WEIFANG, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 40th Weifang International Kite Festival will take flight on April 15 in Weifang city, in East China's Shandong province, with a series of kite-flying competitions ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Some 138 kite flyers from different provinces across Cambodia took part in an annual kite flying contest in Siem Reap province, the country's major tourist hub ...

Authorities carried out a special crackdown on kite flying during the Sunday holiday, arresting 13 individuals who were caught violating the ban.