Long Beach, Ca—More than 250 kite flyers celebrated the beginning of the harvest season in India recently. “It’s a tradition that has happened for thousands of years in India and we wanted to share our culture with Southern Californians,” said Vibhuti Nanda, co-vice president of events for the Indian Professional Network of Los Angeles and Orange County, who sponsored the Third Annual Kites Festival at the beach near Ocean Boulevard and 54th Place.
A major part of the Makar Sankranti celebration, which also comes with the cessation of the northeastern monsoon in Southern India, involves putting a lot of colorful kites in the air. People in India even fly them from their rooftops.
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