In their usual form, kite wars of the Indian sub-continent are great fun. Classically, you take stout string and coat it with glass shards which when rubbed against an opponents string cuts it.
The spectacle of tens of thousands of kites is great! Probably not such a good idea where there are power lines, though.
"In their usual form, kite wars of the Indian sub-continent are great fun. Classically, you take stout string and coat it with glass shards which when rubbed against an opponents string cuts it."
Have you read "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini? What a little gem of a book! I loved it, and because I read it, I knew what the heck this article was about in the first place, and why people are so rabid for these kite fighting contests. ;)