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Apart from the six-foot-wide Kolida Katta kite, Team Mangalore members are taking the three-dimensional Garuda, “Pushpakavimana”, Durga and Dampati kites for the festival. While Mr.
Holla was involved in design and colour combination, Mr.
Satish Rao, Mr.
Sarvesh Rao and Mr.
Pranesh were involved in sticking different pieces and tying the tread for the kites. more-inA kite depicting the traditional sport “Kolida Katta” (cock fight) will be among the five kites Team Mangalore will display at the Dieppe International Kite Festival in France between September 8 and 16. He will get signatures of participants of the festival on the painting and hand it over to the organisers, Mr.
Holla said. Unlike other participants, the Team Mangalore prepares kites using Applique work wherein designs are cut and stitched together to form a kite..