Sri Lankan girls walk past kites of different shapes and sizes at the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Participants from China pull the string of their kite during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A boy watches participants fly kite during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A participant from France prepares to fly his horse-shaped kite during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A participant from Malaysia flies kites during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A Muslim family watches kite flyers perform during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A man and his daughter attend the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A participant flies his kite during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
An elephant-shaped kite takes flight at the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Participants prepare a kite to fly during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Kites of different shapes and sizes adorn the skies during the Colombo International Kite Festival, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A Sri Lankan boy, accompanied by his mother, waits to fly his kite at the Colombo International Kite Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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9:18 PM on Sunday, August 24
By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of kites including some in the shapes of elephants, leopards, pandas, birds and snakes adorned the skies during the Colombo International Kite Festival in Sri Lanka’s capital.
Enthusiasts from 25 countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Indonesia, France, Australia, China, Thailand, South Korea, India and Singapore joined some 500 kite flyers from Sri Lanka.
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