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Biggest
kite flown over Kuwait
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Kuwaiti
children pose for a photo under a large kite with the design of
the Kuwaiti national flag
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Kuwaiti
Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad presides over a ceremony
for the flying of a kite with the design of the Kuwaiti national
flag
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biggest kite in the world, which has a 1,050-square-meter size, was
flown over Kuwait on Tuesday as part of Hala
February shopping festival. According to the official KUNA news agency, the kite, taking the shape of the flag of Kuwait and estimated for 25 meters long and 42 meters wide, was flown 60 meters over the sky in the Flag Public Square center of Kuwait City. |
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Abdulrahman
Al-Farsi, owner of the kite, was quoted as saying that he was able
to break the world record with the size of the flying kite, which
was 633 square meters. "The kite was manufactured in a factory in New Zealand (peter Lynn), with the use of about 2,500 square meters of textile, 10 kilometers of ropes, against an estimated cost of about 9,000 Kuwaiti Dinars, which equals 27,000 US dollars," said Al-Farsi. |
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information about this kite
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Dimension : 42
m X 25 m
- The height inside is a maximum of 7 metres
The actual kite flying is 900 sq m but in all it is 1050 sq meters and 4000 cubic metres - " The air inside the fabric has a mass of 5 tonnes Weights : 200 kilos Réalisation : The kite took 750 hours to make Matérial : There are 360 internal cords using over 2.5 km of cord The fabric is strengthened, making it what Peter Lynn calls superripstop with a further 2.5 km of cord. 2 500 sq metres of fabric is used |
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Photos
courtesy of aeolian.co.uk
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Kuwait
is an Emirate of the Arabic Peninsula, located between Iraq and Saudi
Arabia, at the bottom of the Arabo-Persian Gulf. Facing Iran, it extends on 17,818 square kilometers (6,880 square miles), including the Kuwaiti share of the Neutral Zone (5 700 square kilometres) It has 290 km of coasts to which nine small islands are attached of which most famous is the island of Faïlaqa, to the mouth of bay. Let us quote also the largest island of Boubyan, of islands (863 km2), connected to the emirate by a metal bridge. |
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country is uniformly flat. Located at the East of Saudi Desert of
Nafûd, it slopes soft towards the Gulf. Maximum altitude is 300 meters, at the Western. The chain of Jal Al-Zour reaches 145 meters height. Summers are long, hot, and mostly dry, with daily temperatures between 43º and 47ºC (110º and 120ºF) and high humidity in August. An extreme sand wind, the chamal, breath from north. The fall and spring are pleasant and mild; winters are short and relatively cool. |
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The
Hala February festival is an annual event that takes place in Kuwait
during the spring season. From
january 22 to february 18, 2005 The Salem Al-Mubarak Street in Salmiya hosted the opening carnival of the Hala February 2005 festival. With this carnival, the street turned into a colorful river, with people mingling among the traditional folklore. Hala Festival is a great opportunity for young and old alike to participate in this kaleidoscope of events featuring cultural festivals, shopping carnivals, visit tourist spots, and win prizes at the many raffles and contests held during the time period. The festival itself came to affirm that Kuwait is the land of peace |
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| Xinhuanet - 15 février 2005 / Crédit photos : Xinhua Photo |
