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 ...

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

The Pakistani city of Lahore celebrated the revival of a historic kite festival called Basant last weekend, 19 years after kite flying there was deemed too dangerous and banned.

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. Authorities said Friday that ...

On February 7, 2026, in Lahore, Pakistan, @KhurramHusain shared a video of kite flying above residential neighborhoods. In the video, numerous kites are scattered across the sky, moving with the wind ...

Palm Beach Zoo's Conservation Efforts at ‘Rhythm in the Night' about swallow-tailed kite ...

The Color the Wind Kite Festival in Clear Lake takes place on the lake's frozen surface, which has thinned near the shore due to unseasonably warm weather. The unsafe ice conditions have caused the ...