Tiny the papalotes cuban dances in the sky, their long tails with fringes undulate like snakes. Poisonous snakes could one say, because at their end, one attaches a razor blade to slice the wire of his adversaries.

A rank above the bellicose figthing kite that are the papalotes, the colonel is, similar by the form, but a size more respectable because it can reach two meters.

It carries in more of the paper fringes acting as vibrators. Naturally, the combat of these dangerous kites provided with one or more razorblades are now prohibited, in particular downtown. But during the windy season of April and May, one sees them to rise above parks and the hills or since the roof the houses.

As for all the combatants, the aerofoils of the papalote are decorated with simple geometrical design, with the contrasted colors, so that each one can identify his kite.