It was said that there are still kites being flown in Honduras, Central America, but the book that gives this information is dated 1975. With research in Maya still being done in these areas, there is no excitement about this event in any of the seminars I have attended since 1994. No one seems to remember the giant kites to the gods. The one shown here has twenty ribs.
Sixteen are radii.
On this particular kite, there is a square made up of four sides at the outer edges in order to strength the circle. The total of twenty ribs is interesting because it calls to mind another builder of a sail-driven craft from ages past. His name was Ulysses. It always fascinated me since I also had read the story of the Argonauts and Jason's encounter with Circe, the witch of Ulysses's travels. She had known a sudden deluge which stripped the land clear of both houses and vegetation.