Media Release

Mangalore, Jan 14: Team Mangalore, city based hobby group of kite flyers has been officially invited to the  Dubai International Kite Festival to be held on January 17 at Dubai Outlet Mall, Dubai.

This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the third time in UAE. It 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 taking part in this prestigious event. A team of three members Subhash Pai (MRPL), Vasanth Sanil and Pran Hegde will participate in this mega event.

Kites of all shapes and sizes will be on display including some massive character and theme based kites. It would be an annual gathering of all the kite lovers in the middle east. The Kite Festival will have workshops where people can learn everything from making kites to flying them. 

Earlier ,Team Mangalore had participated in various International Kite Festivals held at Canada, UK, France, Thailand, Korea , Italy  and it had recently participated in the International Kite Festival held at Hong Kong and its new creations Delta Devil and Garuda got accolades from the people of Hong Kong.

The team is going to showcase their variety of kites which include Kathakkali, the largest kite in India and also various other kites such as Garuda, Delta Devil, Yakshagaana, Durga, Charlie, Owl,  Pushpaka Vimana, Bird, Bat Series, etc.

The team is all set to fly to Dubai to showcase cultural heritage of India on the  shores of Arabian Gulf.