kite fighting
(chiefly, India) A kite-flying contest, where the kites' strings are coated with an abrasive substance intended to cut an opponent's string.
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(chiefly, India) A kite-flying contest, where the kites' strings are coated with an abrasive substance intended to cut an opponent's string.
Kite fighting has caused horrific injuries and even deaths, and a bill moving through Brazil’s Congress is seeking to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of the razor-sharp lines nationwide, with violators facing one to three years in…
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