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Afghanistan Known for its large fighting kites, Afghanistan has a long kite history. The kites probably arrived via trade routes from India and are made in... |
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Australia Historically, Australia plays an important role in modern kite development. It was the home to Lawrence Hargrave, inventor and aeronautical... |
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Burma/Myanmar Burma/Myanmar is mentioned in Clive Hart’s Kites, an Historical Survey as one of the places where kites first traveled along early... |
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Cambodia Almost eradicated by the Khmer Rouge regime, the two thousand year old Cambodian kite tradition has been revived through the efforts of retired... |
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Canada Like Australia, Canada’s place in world kite history occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. Alexander Graham Bell’s... |
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Caribbean There are many kite cultures in modern Caribbean countries and most feature kites flown during the Easter season. It is probable that kites... |
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Chile Kites (el volantin), along with tops (el trompo) and soccer (... |
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China Is China the birthplace of kites? Perhaps, perhaps not. Expert opinion has swung toward the island cultures of the Pacific, with their functional... |
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Europe The earliest illustration of a European kite is in Walter de Milemete’s De Nobilitatibus (1326/27... |
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Guatemala Perhaps the oldest and certainly the most notable New World kite tradition is that of the Barriletes... |
