Brazil

In Brazil, the practice of kite is a very popular play in particular in the underprivileged districts because it does not require large means and gets much recreation. Because of little place in the favelas, it replaces sometimes the football which is however the national play.

Here, the kites are also used as means of communication. According to the colors used and numbers of kites in the sky, the messages vary. They can, for example, prevent of a police raid.

In the country of football, the kites often carry the emblems of the local teams, but generally the designs are very coloured and geometrical. Certain designs are made with sized papers and others are printed on machines offset. The tail is very important, it is made with cotton yarn on which are fixed on regular intervals paper bands. Its length is also very important, it measures from 5 to 7 m length. In the area of Rio, approximately 40 million these kites are sold each year.

Extracted the book "traditional fighting Kites throughout the world", by Karine Boitrelle and Ludovic Petit

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