'Team Mangalore', a hobby group of kite fliers from the city is all set to take part in the 19th International Kite Festival scheduled to be held at Dieppe Beach, France, between September 10 and 18.
Savesh Rao, founder of 'Team Mangalore' said that artist Dinesh Holla and Sathish Rao would take part in the event with the team's creative kite 'Dhamapathi'. This kite is an applique delta kite which is 18-feet high and 16-feet wide. Besides this, other kites named Adhivasi, Surya and Deepa would also be flown at the event by Team Mangalore, he said.
Team Mangalore is participating in this festival for the seventh time. Dinesh Holla has aesthetically designed a publicity poster for the International Kite Festival. Holla has been invited by the general organiser Dieppe Capital of kites Sandrine Frebourg to give live demonstration of 'Raga Rekha', a line art sketch on 36-metre canvas featuring the essence of tribal art form from the 28 states of India at the fest venue.
The tribal line art aims to bring the audience closer to a fascinating traditional folk art form that signifies India's rich heritage and culture of tribals, he said.
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