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TEAM
MANGALORE Shines as
'Star of the Show'
at the 11th Thailand International Kite
Festival (Click here to view images)
“Team Mangalore” was
officially invited by Tourism Authority of Thailand
(TAT) to represent India at the 11th Thailand
International Kite Festival at
Rama VI camp, cha-am,
Petchburi, Thailand, recently.
In all
21 countries participated in the festival. Nitin J
Shetty, Sarvesh Rao, Prashanth K, and Vasanth
Sanil of Team Mangalore was
the only team representing India.
The
festival was inaugurated by the director of TAT which
was followed by 20 parachuters jumping down to the
venue. Kite Flying was over a period of three days and
was witnessed by the local people and many tourists. It
was a festive atmosphere where the public spent the
whole day at the venue.
The
team displayed and flew special kites such as Yakshagana,
Kathakali, Gajaraja, Charlie Chaplin, Owl
and Bharatnatyam
etc. We also conducted kite workshops on two days for
the children and taught them to make Indian fighter
kites.
The
farewell and thanksgiving function was on a cruise on
the river in Bangkok and addressed by the governor of
TAT. The Indian team extended traditional honour to the
TAT governor and the organizers Ron Spaulding and Baew
Spaulding. The organizers
termed Team Mangalore as "The star of the show".
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