"dheel de dheel dede re bhaiya is patang ko dheel de....
jaise hi masti main chaye is patang ko kheech le..."
i m sure all bollywood fans would know this song... its a famous kite song... todays sankrant... or uttran... the festival of kites...
this is the only indian festival thats got a fixed calender date... 14th january... n its a favourite among kids n adults alike... i remember when i was a kid we'd start preparing for this festival a week in advance... dozens of kites would be purchased... manjha would b got... phirkis bought for the manjha... for those who r not well versed with these words... manjha is the thread that is tied to the kite... n phirki is a kind of a roll on which the manjha is wound...
we'd sit all day tying the kanni... (where the thread is tied to the kite)... n those who have never flown a kite would not know how important this kanni is... its purely a geometric calculation... even if theres a centimetre difference ur kite will never fly right... so all of us mathematical experts :p would sit all day n tie this kanni... this was obviously pre sankrant preparations...
on the day we'd b on the terrace... n take dabbas of til chikki, kurmura chikki n pop corn... mom would wake up early to make them... everyone makes them on sankrant... n they r real yummy... n thn the kite flying session would start... i was always the phirki holder... (never learnt the art of kite flying)... so my bro would fly the kite n id hold the phirki... n give dheel... the minute nyones kite is cut everyone around would scream... "kayapo cheyyyy"... n there would b so much noise n excitement... it was real fun...
but if u really want to check out the kites u should goto ahmedabad or surat... huge kites in different shapes r flown there.... there r kites that r flown in the nite with lanterns in them... i have heard that on this day there r so many kites in the sky that u cant see an inch of the sky there... all colourful n beautiful... lunch n snacks r on the terrace... no ones seen in the house... there r even kite flying competitions wheres lakhs of rupees r given away as prizes...
the only sad thing about this festival is the number of birds that r hurt... hundreds of birds r killed because of the manjha which is made up of crushed glass... pigeons specially get so many cuts n wounds... there r special organizations who actually look after such pigeons n request people to get wounded pigeons to them... this is the only reason i have given up kite flying (or rather manjha holding)... it saddens me seeing so many birds die just for a days fun n frolic...
but then we can always have chikkis made of til (sesame) right??? so all u guys come over to my place.. i got loads of chikkis made just for u... n believe me they r damn yummy... come before they get over....
laterzzzz
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til gud ghya ani goo-god bola!!
marathi greeting for Makar sankranti
number of birds that are killed.. now that's sad.
oooo...well not into flying kites n all but today i saw these guys flying kites on my frnd's building terrace...it looked really cool...n yeh m000nie mez comin righ away for chikki :D
Annony mouse u dont belong here
take a hike
Go fly a kite !
awesome..kite day??? it is great!! i love kites, although i'm not flying them nowadays..
btwn, we do have celebration of kites here in m'sia..its called Pesta Wau, but less popular in Kuala Lumpur..celebrated mainly in the East Coast of M'sia..
great info for me..
hugsss
=am000nie=
u are being tagged
beauuuutiful, colorful an radiant kites! wow nice one!
birds get killed? awww thats really sad....we cant have that na? how can we avoid that and still enjoy all this?
I'd love to come over to ur place to chat with u m000nie and eat anything u cook..lol...
k000kie :)
Kites take over the sky on dis festival
Yes, it is sad for the birds
I had the till ladoos but didn't get to fly the kite- never done it before :-(
But the ladoos are yummmmm :-)
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now, where is my m000nie..went MIA???
=am000nie=
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lol @Sydney
hey m000nie when is ur bday?
Keshi.
loll keshi meridian
This post reminded me of those days of mine when I used to run in barmodas to fly kites...and used to end up with bruised finger coz of that manjha
But it used to be fun :)
kayapo cheyyyy
This word was in one of the songs of HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM too na??
Nice one M000nie-piez...
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