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Filming the Delhi Darwaza Patang Bazaar (Delhi Gate Kite Market).
I was invited by the "Entangled" film crew to join in as a still photographer as they prepared their documentary on Uttarayan.
Entangled is a story about different perspectives on an age-old tradition known as Uttarayan, the annual kite flying festival in India. On January 14th, the skies above Ahmedabad, Gujarat are a canopy of colour as over 4 million kites take to the air to celebrate the end of winter.
The filmmakers, Aditi Desai and Kai Fang, chose my Uttarayan photos for promoting their movie!
These are some of my photos following the film crew around Ahmedabad as they work hard at making "Entangled" - a documentary that aims to showcase the varied perspectives on this rich cultural tradition, while taking an eye-opening look at this highly competitive activity that is a far cry from what the rest of the world regards as the serene hobby of kite flying.
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jaane kya chaahe mann baanwra
aankhiyan mere saawan chalaa
saghan aanchal sada hor hove
sajan ansuvan mein kya jor hove
kya jor hove, apne jiya pe
mann to mara ye manchala
jaane kya chaahe mann baanwra
aankhiyan mere saawan chalaa
pawan purva mein yun udta jaave
badra chanda se mann judta jaave
aave hawa ka, jhonka phir aisa
toote patang ki dor sa
jaane kya chaahe mann baanwra
aankhiyan mere saawan chalaa
-Zubin
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Kite flying reaches its peak as the people of Ahmedabad enjoy the last hour of Uttarayan.
Uttarayan, or Makar Sankranti, celebrates the northern ascent of the Sun. In Gujarat, the festival is celebrated by flying kites. People of all ages throng the city's rooftops for two straight days flying kites and engaging in kite fights.
The scientific reason behind kite flying is for the population to get a nice sun bath and help generate a healthy dose of Vitamin D. The sun isn't very harsh at this time of the year.
See my "Celebrating Uttarayan" slideshow.
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Kites & kites string at Manek Chowk. You maybe counting down to Xmas but here in Ahmedabad the next big event is Uttarayan - the Kite Festival on January 14th. Can't wait... always lots of fun!
Watching for falling kites from outside his home in the slum alongside Raipur Kite Market.
Flanked by cow-dung (gobar) fuel cakes drying in the sun.
Kites at the market at Dilli Diwaraja which is open 24 hours a day leading up to the Uttarayan Kite Festival.
Published in Serendib magazine (Sri Lankan Airlines) in January, 2008.
Stacked paper kites at the kite bazaar which is doing a bustling trade for the Uttarayan Kite Festival.
Appeared in the lead story in the Guardian Weekly on January 14, 2008 alongside an interview I did with renowned local kite-maker Salim Rasulbhai Patang-Wallah.
Vasant Panchami (Hindi: वसन्त पञ्चमी), sometimes referred to as Saraswati Puja or Shree Panchami, is a Hindu festival. On this day Hindus worship Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture.
Occurrence
It is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the Indian month of Magh (spring season)[january to february].
Traditions
Traditionally during this festival children are taught to write their first words; Brahmins are invited for lunch; ancestor worship (Pitr-tarpan) is performed; the god of love Kamadeva is worshipped; and most educational institutions organize special prayer or puja for Saraswati. Children generally fly kites on this auspicious occasion
The color yellow also plays an important role in this festival. People usually wear yellow garments, Saraswati is worshiped in a yellow dress, and yellow sweets are consumed within the families.
In Firozpur it is known as "Kite Festivalz". Children buy Dor (Thread) and Guddi or "Patang" (Kites) in huge quantity to fly. People from all around the world come to enjoy this festival.
]Etymology
Vasant Panchami has a specific meaning, Vasant means spring, whereas Panchami means the fifth day. And Vasant Panchami falls on the fifth day of spring As per another mythological story, this day Lord Rama ate half tasted grapes of Shabari and to commemorate this day, the festival of Vasant Panchami is celebrated.
Kites at a kite stall in the old city of Vadodara. Beware:This photo was stolen by Wallpaper.
More photos and text in my photobook:
www.bobbooks.co.uk/bookshop/users/chapmanpa/uttarayan-an-...
By Patang (Singapore) at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre during Kalaa Utsaram - Indian Festival of Arts.
The hand of a man who is coating kite-string with coloured paste embedded with glass. On the roadside near Dilli Diwarja. Have been stopping by these guys the last few days - really dedicated workers and highly productive.
Colourful Indian Fighter kites at the kite bazaar in Raipur, Ahmedabad. Come 14th of January - the festival of Uttarayan - and these kites will join another 5 million in the sky! More Uttarayan pictures in this set.
Featured in the month of January of Net-Square's 2011 calendar
Kite season is in full swing which means that road-side guys are coating kite-string with coloured paste embedded with powdered glass so that flyers can cut each others kites. Here, empty reels are waiting to be loaded with string.
Published in Serendib magazine (Sri Lankan Airlines) in January, 2008.
Collecting fallen kites (patang) in the Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) at Manek Chowk in the Old City.
Note the girl second from the left has a cut lip from manja (glass-coated kite string)
Green kite on Kite Festival ( MustafaAbad Lalyani Distt, Kasur Basant 2016 )
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Every year at Uttarayan there are new items that come on the market and this year the new trend seems to be these miniature firki (spools). You can even buy small kites to go along with them.
Uttarayan, as Makara Sankranti is called in Gujarati, is a major festival in the state of Gujarat which lasts for two days.
14 January is Uttarayan
15 January is Vasi-Uttarayan (Stale Uttarayan) especially in Surat
Gujarati people keenly await this festival to fly kites, called 'patang'. Kites for Uttarayan are made of special light-weight paper and bamboo and are mostly rhombus shaped with central spine and a single bow. The string often contains abrasives to cut down other people's kites.
In Gujarat, from December through to Makara Sankranti, people start enjoying Uttarayan. Undhiyu (spicy, baked mix of winter vegetables) and chikkis (made from til (sesame seeds), peanuts and jaggery) are the special festival recipes savoured on this day.
In the major cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, and Jamnagar the skies appear filled with thousands upon thousands of kites as people enjoy two full days of Uttarayan on their terraces.
When people cut any kites they used to yell with words like "kaypo j chhe", "e lapet", "phirki vet phirki" and "lapet lapet" in Gujarati.
Collecting fallen kites (patang) in the Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) at Manek Chowk in the Old City.
You might want to check out my piece in Uttarayan in yesterday's Guardian Weekly. Was happy to find that it made the lead story of the day.
January 14th in Ahmedabad; just a few kites from an estimated 10million flown that day...just in Ahmedabad.
More photos and text in my photobook:
www.bobbooks.co.uk/bookshop/users/chapmanpa/uttarayan-an-...
Kite season is in full swing which means that road-side guys are coating kite-string with coloured paste embedded with powdered glass so that flyers can cut each others kites.
A sky lantern joins a million others on the second day of the Uttarayan kite flying festival in the city!
Uttarayan is such a popular festival in Ahmedabad that the craze lasts for two straight days! One day is not enough. Even though the 15th of January is not an official holiday, the city is still up on rooftops enjoying a second straight day of kite flying.
These photos are from tonight's sky lantern extravaganza. All of us felt that more lanterns were launched on the second day (today) than on Uttarayan day.
This was a sight previously unseen over Ahmedabad skies! There were a lot of sky lanterns last year, but not in the millions.
When we started building and launching our own fire lanterns in 2007, I had seen the skies of Thailand lit up with a million lights. I kept telling our family and friends, that I hope one day Ahmedabad skies are filled with sky lanterns. My hopes and wishes did come true!
See my "Celebrating Uttarayan" slideshow.
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At the side of the kite market at Dilli Diwarja there are many of these manja makers with their spinning reels. Here the rice and powdered glass paste are added to coloured dyes and the whole mixture is used to coat the kite strings which are the ready for lively kite-fights. Detail found here.
Published in Serendib magazine (Sri Lankan Airlines) in January, 2008.