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Answer» The kite-festival at Ahmedabad is very special because: - An International Kite Festival is held either at the Sardar Patel Stadium or the Police Stadium.
- It attracts international kite-flyers as well as local champions.
- Little Indian paper kites compete with those from Japan, the USA, UK and other countries.
- Exotic kites with marvellous shapes such as eagles and snakes soar in the sky.
- The Patang or Kite Bazar in the heart of Ahmedabad is open 24 hours a day for a whole week, and people
- crowd the streets through the night.
- Skilled craftsmen demonstrate kite-making age-old skills and how to prepare a special thread.
- At night, illuminated box-kites are sent into the sky.
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