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14th Jan (Makar-sakranti): Kite-flying festival in Jaipur. A man bends the central stick of the kite to help it fly better.

People, such as this man in the picture, wake up early in the morning, and fly kites till late in the night. Music systems blare from dawn to dusk, punctuated by shouts of celebration when someone succeeds in cutting the thread of another's kite using his/her own. Bending the kite is a necessary exercise, otherwise the kites fall flat as soon as the wind becomes lighter.

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