| "Kaapyo
Chhey" -
This is what you
could hear on
!4th January, in
the festival of
Makar Sankranti
or festival of
kites or
"Utarayan".
The festival
marks the end of
winter and
return of the
sun to northern
hemisphere and
hence is named
"Uttar
ayan". On
this particular
day everybody in
Ahmedabad start
the day through
kite flying and
continues in the
night by driving
lamps (Tukkal)
attached to
kites in the
sky. The sky
remains through
out the day,
dotted with
colourful kites. |