Our Correspondent
Kohima, Jan. 22 (EMN): In a first, Kite festival was celebrated in Nagaland’s Kikrüma village with a message to ‘fly beyond the walls’ of one’s comfort zone, break barriers and face life’s obstacles with a positive approach.
Organised by the Zeal Associates, the Kikrüma kite-flying festival aka K2 festival marked the first of its kind to ever be celebrated in the state at St. Peter’s School local ground, Kikrüma village in Phek district.
General Secretary of Zeal Associates, Dr. Sao Tünyi shared that people have surrounded themselves with walls but one must break those barriers and look beyond to achieve greater heights.
He said that the festival was all about unity.
The event, being a first, they organised without any sort of experience. Yet, the response was “enormous” and “very encouraging”, he added.
To take it forward, the organisers plan to make it an annual event and open for all to participate.
President of Zeal Associates, Teisovilie Tünyi informed that they started in 2012 with like-minded individuals on the motto ‘the future is now’.
‘It all began with a vision to start small in doing good and contribute to society. Currently, the associates consist of nine members from different professions,’ he said.
The president went on to say that Kite festival was started in China some thousand years ago and it proved beneficial. Now, other countries have also started celebrating it with positive intentions.
Addressing the festival, EAC of Pungro, Nühüta Tünyi, who is also a member of the Zeal Associates, said that there are lot of aspects for a person to earn a livelihood.
He, therefore, urged the participants to choose and pursue what they want to do in life ‘as that gives satisfaction’. He also stressed on the importance of taking sports as a profession and urged the youth to take up sports and give their best effort.
About 1000 participants turned up for the festival. The kite-flying competition was judged based on the best manoeuvre, most vertical flight, and farthest distance covered.
People, both young and old, came participated in the kite flying competition which was held for two categories -- children and adults.
Sixty-year-old Nepotso Tünyi from Kikruma village, who was clad in traditional Chakhesang attire, said that he was elated to compete in the event. ‘Back in those days when we were kids, we used to fly kites with friends,’ he recounted.
His kite, measuring nine feet (length and breadth) was the biggest among all the competitors. He shared that he along with his friends took six days to make the kite.