Abstract

GLASS ARMOUR ON THREAD ROCKS THE KITE FESTIVAL

Jignesh N. Parmar*, Limbesh B. Aal, Vishvesh R. Patel and Prof. Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen

ABSTRACT

Kite festival is an awesome event in India during (Makar Sankranti) Uttarayan. Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in almost all parts of India and Nepal in a myriad of cultural forms. It is a harvest festival. It is the Hindi/Indo-Aryan languages name for Makara Sankranthi (still used in southern areas as the official name). Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path. The day is also believed to mark the arrival of spring in India and is a traditional. Makara Sankranti is a solar event making one of the few Indian festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year: 14 January, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on 13 or 15 January. Kite fighting is a very popular game in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, Nepal but if you want to cut the threads of other people, you need to put a special material called Manja. Manja (or manjha) is the abrasive string used for fighter kites in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is gummed, coloured and coated with powdered glass. In Brazil, the mix of glue and powered glass is called "cerol". The glass coated coloured threads tied with kites fly in open air and cuts another kites by this manja.

Keywords: Kite, manja, glass powder, threads, flour, colorants, eggs, adhesive, abrasive.