Around 100 unique flute kites are taking off to the sky at a traditional kite festival to be held in Dong Anh District, Hanoi, on May 28.
Co-organised by the district People’s Committee and the Thang Long Kite Club, the event aims to mark 500 days left before the celebrations of Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary which will fall on October 10, 2010.
According to Nguyen Ba Hanh, chairman of the Thang Long Kite Club, the flute kites have been made by artisans from Hanoi’s outlying districts of Soc Son, Dang Phuong and My Duc and northern Hai Duong Province.
The Thang Long Club will fly two huge kites, one attached with a 50m² piece of cloth called King Ly Thai To’s edict on the transfer of the capital in 1010 and the other linked to a 35m² national flag of Vietnam.
After this festival, the club will make a record 15m-long kite carrying the king’s capital transfer edict right on the occasion of Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000th celebrations in 2010, Hanh revealed.
Established in 1996, the Thang Long Kite Club is home to nearly 40 members, who have represented Hanoi to attend many national kite festivals and won high prizes.