Nearly 150 kites flew at the 6^th Kite Festival on Cua Dai beach in Hoi An on June 12.

The Vietnamese flag kite.

The festival attracted 133 artisans from well-known kite clubs in HCM City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hoi An and Hue. Thousands of visitors and residents flocked to the beach to admire the special kites and enjoy the music made by their bamboo flutes.

The biggest and the most special kite featured a crayfish 15.8m wide and 34m long from the Saigon Kite Club. This kite won first prize.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau Kite Club and HCM City’s Phoenix Club received second prize for their set of bird kites and their octopus kite. Third prizes went to Saigon Kite Club’s ray kite, Anh Vu Kite Club’s Long Nhan Fish kites from Hue and HCM City’s District 7 Kite Club’s Vietnam map kite.

The giant crayfish in the sky.

Ray fish kite.

Three dolphins.

An octopus.

An aircraft.

A snake.

A flock of birds.

Two “divers”.

Source: Dan Tri