After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.

Clean Monday—the beginning of Lent among Orthodox Christians—is the day Greeks fly kites, symbolic of the Resurrection.

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

WINDCREST, Texas – Have you ever been told to go fly a kite? Well, now you can! The City of Windcrest is hosting a Kite Flying in the Park event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Recommended Videos ...

NORTH TONAWANDA — Ted Shaw did not get into kite flying until his mid-50s, when he was going through a depressive state. What helped him get out of it was looking through a catalog of kites. Now 78 ...

A burst of color lit up Lahore’s night sky overnight as Pakistan’s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades.

Things are looking up for next week’s 32nd Annual American Kitefliers Association Convention and Grand National Competition. Hundreds of kite fliers from around the country and around the world (along ...

RAWALPINDI: Residents defied the ban on kite flying on Friday and celebrated Basant while chanting the slogan ‘Bo Kata’, ...

Authorities carried out a special crackdown on kite flying during the Sunday holiday, arresting 13 individuals who were caught violating the ban.

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...

The first Kite Festival is slated to take to the skies in Loveland offering a family friendly celebration that will benefit Aspire3D, a new nonprofit. “The board felt that we needed some sort of big, ...