13th Festival - 2004
Dates : 11th to 19th september
Guest of honnour : Malaysia - Giant Malaysian Wau
Creative Kite Contest : Theme “Woman - Nature et Splendour”
Program : Presentation of the various countries, Demonstration of the Malaysian Delegation – Taking flight of the huge Malaysian Wau
Malaysian Cultural Shows, Commented Demonstrations of the delegations
Demonstration of the kites based on the festival theme: The Woman, French Cup of the Clubs : TARANIS TROPHY, The Open of the Nations (worl cup of fightiong kites), Acrobatic Kite Ballets by the International Teams – Mega Team, Taking flights & Women Portraits, European Exchange Pole, The Official Kite Schools Initiation to the piloting kite, Initiation to the fighting kite, Initiation to the photography and aerial video, Feminine Rokkaku Fightings, Rokkaku Fights, Giant Kites, The Wind Corridors, Swarm of Dragons, Presentation of the Flugrost Project, The Creator Workshop, The Kite Academy, The World Kite Area, Childhood & Youth Pole : reception of the class and particulars, reception of the disabled public. Fabrication of fighting kites with the teenagers, Origami Workshop, Demonstrations & Construction Workshops with the delegations, Blow of heart of the CVCF, Exhibitions & Conferences, Animations, Night Fly.
The Delegations Invited (* new delegations) :
Australia - Austria - Belgium - Brasil - Cambodia - Canada
Chile - Colombia - Germany - Great Britain - Korea - Denmark
Guatemala - Hungary - India - Indonesia - Italy - Japan - Malaysia - Morroco - Martinique - Nepal - New Zealand - Netherlands - South Africa
Sweden - Switzerland - Tasmania - Thailand - Ukraine - USA - VietnamFrance
Team Invited :
Too much Fun (U.S.A.) - Windjammers Stunt Kite Team (U.S.A) - Evolvers (U.K) - Awita (France) - Element’Air (France) - Jean Lemire et Jean Lamoureux (Canada) - Ray Bethell (Canada).
The Giant Wau
In Malaysia, the kite is part of the custom and folklore. It holds the status of national emblem, and we can find it on coins, stamps, as well as on the fuselage of the planes of the national aerial company which logo is a stylised kite. We can also find pictures of “Wau” (traditional Malaysian Kite) on all the tourist documents of the country.
The Malaysian kites represent a genuine heir of the Malaysian tradition.
As in 2002 with Indonesia, Malaysia will work upstream of the festival in order to present an unrivalled performance during the festival 2004.
In Dieppe, the three days before the festival will be dedicated at the construction of a giant Wau Kucing “cat kite”, of 4.5m. This Wau made of bamboo and paper will be the first one built out of Malaysia.
The giant will fly during the festival. Specific demonstrations will be planned by the Malaysian team dressed in traditional costumes. That way, all the kinds of Malaysian Wau will be presented: the Wau bulan or “moon kite”, Wau Budi de Jala or “ women kite”, Wau Barat or “leaf kite”, also known as “morning kite”, Wau Merak or “peacock kite” (with a tail) which is a local traditional kite of the Johor province.
These demonstrations will be accompanied by traditional shows, in collaboration with the Minister of the Malaysian Culture. The Malaysia stand will also present the cultural specificities of their country.
The Feminine kiting universe
Every edition of the Dieppe Kite Festival welcomes around 200 kite fliers from more than 30 countries. Among those official delegations, we note the grateful attendance of the best kite fliers of the world, creator artists, and specialists of all kinds. But most of the time, we forget to mention that many of them are joined by their “better half”.
Those women in the shade who accompanied them into the flights areas, clung at the mercy of the wind. Some of them assist, help their husband to make their work fly.
Whereas other women, always in a very pleasant “fair play” spirit, compete without any complex with their male homologues. Artists, pilots or “aeolists” are also kite fliers.
Coming from Colombia or Asia, many of them are not only “better half” but also organizers of ones of the biggest kite festivals of the world !
Who are these women out of ordinary who also make us dream during the nine days of the festival of enchantment on the Dieppe beach ?
We chosed for the 13th edition, to let us discover the feminine kiting universe. So, during the nine days of the Festival, we organized various activities with the present women kite fliers. We instituted with them taking collective flights. Some direct interviews were realized on the flight areas in order to get knowledge from their testimonies. Women & mixed Rokkaku fights were organized. The artist women worked together on the illustration of kites which will be presented to the audience, and, The wind gardeners let us discover their universe
The European Exchange Pole
In collaboration with the French Federation of Free Fly, the International Manjha Club, The Kite Club of France, The Kite Club of Dieppe, the Kite European Federations, and a certain number of European National Clubs, as well as many socio-educative organization, we put in its place on the festival a reception and European exchange pole.
This project puts in its place by the association “Dieppe Capitale du Cerf-Volant”, was in keeping with the pattern of the European year of the Education by the sport.
It clearly aims, to rally in a same site, during 9 days, the maximum of associations and sportive, educative and European cultural organizations in order to work together on the development of the education by the practise of the kite.
The Official Kite Schools
The launching of the first official kite schools was made in Dieppe in September in 2004.
The Piloting Kite School
This school was managed, supervised and animated by the French Federation of Free Fly members. The initiations were guarantee by professional animators. It was for the audience and the amateur kite fliers, once again, the occasion or never to benefit of the attendance of the most recognized people of the kiting universe to initiate into the kite of their choice.
The Fighting Kite School
Rokkakus, patang, layang layang, pang pae yong, …
The school was addressed to the members of the International Manjha Club, it was opened as much to the adults as to the teenagers. Some discover or perfecting sessions was accessible along the week.
Friendly challenges were organized during the week with participants and the renown presented champions.
The Photography and Video Aerial School
Since 1888, the successors of Arthur Batut practise the aerial photography by kite. The use of a stable carrier kite, a light automatic camera with a highest possible speed of closing give results of high quality. Without breaking some record altitudes, it is between 50 and 150 metres that the audience could realized some amazing pictures.
The aerial photography have a genuine success since a few years ago.
The Kite Club of France formed all along the festival the persons whishing be initiated in the practise of these sort of funny machines.
The Flugrost ProjectThis landscape art project includes 27 banners made by Kirsten Sauer, kite flyer and German creator.
This realization based on the feminine concept has already travelled in various countries of the world. It was presented in Dieppe.
The Swarm of Dragons
During all the festival, collective taking flights of dragons were organized, with particpant kitefliers and officials delegations.
Some dragons measure of about ten metres, coming from China, Vietnam and various other countries.
Kite Academy
The specificity of the Dieppe Festival is based on the diversity of the represented countries, its cultural wealth, as well as on its educative aspect.
In order to preserve this quality, to answer to the audience hopes, as well as to the many propositions made during 2003 by the official delegations, some conferences on the kite in the world were planned along the week.
Their aim was to discover, thanks to different mediums (slides, videos, leaflets, ..) the different sorts of traditional constructions, the employed techniques, and the materials used.
The World Kite AreaThe idea is to make an exhibition of pictures and kites symbolising the cultural variety of the presented country.
The tent “world kite” was also exhibit some “particularly cultural” kites of international kite fliers.
This tent was a “trans-cultural” meeting point, taking the kite as symbol.
The Youth and Childhood AreaDuring the festival, children, but also families, school groups, and the disabled persons were welcomed by the Youth and Childhood area.
The aim of this area was toinform and give advice to the audience. But also, to guarantee different activities and workshops as :
Fabrication workshop of kites, The Eole’s fields, Piloting initiation, The Sonar Labyrinth, Murmur Walls of Love, Murmur Walls of Love.With the help of the Kite Club of France, some naming droppings of teddy bears were planned on the “Youth and Childhood” Area.
On Wednesday, on the occasion of the “Children Day”, the association “La Sauce Piment” organised some clown workshops with making up of the children.
The Disabled Audience
As the editions go by, the International Dieppe Kite Festival aimed to be accessible to everyone. That is why, we have encouraged the specialised structures in charge of the disabled public to take part in the festival activities. By that way, some of the groups became “regular visitors” of the event.
Once again in 2004, the organizers have taken care that all the kiting activities, the welcome areas, the creation ones, the exhibition ones, the delegation’s tent, and the shops on the village, be all equipped with special access for handicapped persons. They have also taken care of the food areas and accommodations in order to guarantee that they will be equipped too.
All the proposed activities to the youth on the “Youth & Childhood” Area were accessible to disabled people.
Some guided visits of the Kite Village were reserved to them.
Exhibitions and ConferencesJacqueline MATISSE
Exhibits in Dieppe her Lice of the Sky : This work of art, based on Spinnaker, acrylic painting and bamboo, is a kite mosaic specially made by Jackie MATISSE for the Nicéphore Days in 2003. These kites were created in order to avoid the children to compose by their games on the ground , a genuine moving work with the sky as background, which shows through by the Space Arts crystals.The Marco’s Work by Jean-Marie Leicknam : This artistic exhibition using the kite as a creation support, let us travelling in a mysterious universe, using many techniques, multiplying the references, conjuring up the roots, the past and the gradual change. What awaking our curiosity, surprising us at the risk of chocking or seducing.
The Exhibition Area : In 2002, a special area “Exhibition” was started on the Kite Village. This area presents a range of kites, with uncommon and wonderful pieces, sometimes let by fault of a mild weather. In complement of those already proposed in the sky, the audience can discover and see very near some kites from all over the world.
Traditional Costumes : For the thirteenth edition of the International Dieppe Kite Festival, the foreign delegations had in their luggage a traditional costume of their country. These costumes were exhibited.
The philately : The meeting of two passions: the philately and the kite.
A stand was reserved to the philately with the presence of the Philatelic Dieppe Club, as well as a Marcel Vauquelin’s exhibition : stamps, post cards, banknote from all over the world, he relates the kite status in the world, as well as its history.Aerial photography : An aerial photography exhibition was presented by the C.V.C.F. About fifty aerial pictures were exhibit, accompanied of a photography collection of ancient kites, and a kite collection from all the world.
“The Chinese Kite” an Illustrated Conference : On the Village, Michel Culas, ancient Cultural Attaché and of Cooperation to The French Embassy in Beijing, author of the “Grammar of the Chinese Object” related, with many illustrations in support, the passionate history of the kite. He had reveals us his fabrication secrets and particularly the ingenuity of the craftsmen who equipped their kites of fire boxes, crackers, whistles, vibrating cords and tambourines (from which their poetic name in Chinese: fengzheng = wind zither)The Tea Ceremony : As explicated before, one of the particularities of the Dieppe Festival is its cultural richness. The Tea Ceremony, which is called in Japanese “Chanoyu”, is a particular aesthetic pass time of the country during which it is served and drunk the “matcha”, or Powder Green tea, according to the traditional rites.
This ceremony was organised by our official guest from Japan, Mr Makoto Ohye.