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StratospherIUM - Kite flying festival

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faith_ps
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StratospherIUM - Kite flying festival
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Kermit learning to fly

SkyQuarium

Baby dino still looking for air

Alone

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SkyQuarium 2

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JAKOP

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Re: StratospherIUM - Kite flying festival

Nice.  Where was this festival?

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Jude McDowell wrote:

Nice. Where was this festival?

My hometown. Surabaya - Indonesia.

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A reasonable distance from Jakarta then! It just it looked like an interesting mix of kites I thought I would watch out for a future festival (I've regularly flown over Surabaya on my to/from Kuala Lumpur from Sydney and I've been to Jakarta a number of times for work - and may haver a few trips next year).

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Good photos but Indonesia has some wonderful traditional kites...and is most likely the place where kites first originated (rather than China).....did you see any? The ones made from leaves? Those and the musical kites with hummers and flutes. I much prefer them to the rather garish modern inflated things.

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PaulChapman wrote:

Good photos but Indonesia has some wonderful traditional kites...and is most likely the place where kites first originated (rather than China).....did you see any? The ones made from leaves? Those and the musical kites with hummers and flutes. I much prefer them to the rather garish modern inflated things.

Yes Paul. The traditional original kite of Indonesia was none to be seen at that festival. It's a shame really. The kite that made a sound in the air. Now its all about modern and 3D kites. Perhaps next year I can suggest this to the festival committee who happen to be a friend of mine.

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Jude McDowell wrote:

A reasonable distance from Jakarta then! It just it looked like an interesting mix of kites I thought I would watch out for a future festival (I've regularly flown over Surabaya on my to/from Kuala Lumpur from Sydney and I've been to Jakarta a number of times for work - and may haver a few trips next year).

An hour flight to/fro Jakarta.

If you are ever in Surabaya, just drop a pm. We'll go photographing.

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