Media Release

Mangalore, Oct 10: Team Mangalore, a city based hobby-group of kite flyers has been officially invited to the  Hong Kong International Kite Festival to be held on October 13 and October 14 at the Waterfront Park, Cyberfort, Hong Kong.

This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the first time in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation and Southern Disctrict Council of Hong Kong. 

Only three countries have been invited to this maiden festival and Team Mangalore has found its place in the event as representatives from India. The festival will showcase some of the best kites flown by  flyers of international fame from China and Japan along with Team Mangalore. 

Team Mangalore (India) a regular in the International kite flying scene will be taking part in this prestigious event.

A team of four members viz., Prashant Upadhyaya(MRPL), Subhash Pai (MRPL) , Dinesh Holla and Shashank Shetty 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 a great gathering of all the kite lovers in Hong Kong. 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, Dubai, Qatar, Sri Lanka  and Italy.  Its new creation ‘garuda’ got accolades from France and Italy.

Earlier, the team had won first place in the unique design category at Udaipur International Kite Festival for its kite 'Pushpaka Vimana'.

It may be recalled that the team had participated in the maiden Kite festival at Dharwad this year and it was the only team that filled the sky with kites.  

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 Yakshagaana, Durga, Charlie, Owl, Gajaraja, Pushpaka Vimana, Bird, Bea Eater, Bat Series, Bharthnatyam, Volcano etc. along with its new creations ‘garuda’, ‘devil delta’ and ‘butterfly’.

The team is now all set to fly to Hong Kong to showcase the cultural heritage of India at Waterfront Park, Hong Kong.