Annual Bali Kite Festival at Sanur

Annual Bali Kite Festival at Sanur

I don't quite remember when my last kiting was. I was so lucky to visit Bali at the right windy season for their ancient tradition event.

This even is a religious festival. The intention is to send messages to Hindu Gods hoping for harvests.

Traditional giant kites are flown by teams from villages. I was amazed to see so many people carrying a kite together as well as a kite that was so big that it needed to be transported by truck.

Watching these kites flying in the sky and believing messages are delivered to Gods must bring Bali people peace, comforts and hopes.

傳統的風箏祭是峇里島人民用風箏傳達訊息給神明的方式，主要是祈福能夠豐收。

村落裡的年輕人會組成一個個的團體，團體人數從十幾人到八十幾人的都有，端看他們自己製作的風箏有多巨大，需要多少人來扛著跑。

從沒想像過自己會親眼見識這樣的盛事，這樣大的風箏賽事，真的很幸運，尤其是知道這風箏祭背後傳統文化的意義之後，看著在高空中飛翔的風箏，似乎感受也跟著不同了。Read more