Kite Running
Kite Running: an event where people try to cut their opponents kites with their own kite. It is an activity that many Afghan boys and girls participate in. The fact that they are outside and they're competing against other kids that live near them sounds great. It sounds like an event that seems pretty peaceful to watch, unless there is a going on near them. How can kids and families enjoy this unique tradition with a war going on? Lets see what Kite Running is all about.
Kite Running is pretty simple to learn and figure out. There are just a few details to know about:
- Kite running happens when a kite has been cut down. The more expensive or more pretty the kite is, the more kids run after the kite.
- The string on the kite is covered in powdered glass, and that is how flyers cut down other kites. They fly their kite and use different tricks to capture their opponent with their string.
- When the kite has been cut, kids that are out go and run for the kite.
- Catching a kite can be pretty difficult, due to having to run on busy roads and go on the tops of houses or trees.
- Kids usually have the risk of injury or death from ongoing traffic or by falling from houses and trees.
- Kite running happens when a kite has been cut down. The more expensive or more pretty the kite is, the more kids run after the kite.
- The string on the kite is covered in powdered glass, and that is how flyers cut down other kites. They fly their kite and use different tricks to capture their opponent with their string.
- When the kite has been cut, kids that are out go and run for the kite.
- Catching a kite can be pretty difficult, due to having to run on busy roads and go on the tops of houses or trees.
- Kids usually have the risk of injury or death from ongoing traffic or by falling from houses and trees.
Here are some kids running after a kite that has been cut down.
Kite Running is an event that kids and familys love to watch and participate. It can bring a community together and spend time and interact with one another in a peaceful way. Even though kids can get hurt during the event, the crwod usually has a good time. This may be a very popular tradition in Afghanistan, but even this tradition changes during war time.
How would the fun tradition of Kite Running be changed or altered in war time? This is quite easy to figure out now with the information above. During a war, morter shells are all over the place as well as land mines, especially in a war torn country of Afghanistan. No family wants their kid to go chasing a kite and then accidentally setting off a land mine. Enemy soldiers might also see a group of people and think that they're enemy soldiers. That would not be a good case to be in. With the ongoing war, hardly anyone will go outside, thus making the tradition of Kite Running abandoned until the war is over and the land is safe.