And now, colourful kites to fly between white rann and blue sky

And now the white surface of Rann of Kutch will have colorful sky. No matter if only for a day.

For the first time, the Gujarat Tourism is going to organize an international kite festival in Rann of Kutch. The date fixed is 13th January 2011.

The international kite festival is organized in Ahmedabad for last many years. This year too there will be similar event in Ahmedabad on 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th.

But two days:12th and 13th of January are reserved for the Kutch district.

While on 12 January, the international kitists will fly their large kites in the sky at Kutch’s Mandvi beach, next day on 13th they will travel to Dhordo tent city to fly kites in Rann of Kutch. Thus the kitists will be a part of one-month long Kutch Rann Utsav which is scheduled to end on 19 January 2011.

In Ahmedabad, the Sabarmati river front will witness international kite competition on 9 January, and international kite festival on 10th and 11th of January. The kitists will fly their kites in Ahmedabad’s wall city area on 14th of January Uttarayan day.