page_title: Fighter kite
section_title: Bangladesh
hierarchical_section_title: Fighter kite / By country / Bangladesh
caption_attribution_description: English: Shakrain Kite Flyer in old Dhaka
context_page_description: Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, and an abrasive line is used to cut down the string/line of other kites.
  Kite fighting is done in many countries, but is particularly associated with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, and Brazil.
context_section_description: As part of the Shakrain festival, people mostly from south Dhaka city engage in kite fighting. They fly kites mostly from the rooftops. The festival is held in the last day of the Poush month.
caption: A kite fighter in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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