Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 1995 07:00:03 -1000
From:	griebeno@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Griebenow)
Message-Id: <43msuj$erj@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject: Manja-Line


Hi,

I just had a chance to speek with a guy from India about accidents involving
cutting line. He was involved in kiteflying in Allhaband. Fighter-kites
are very popular in that area. He told me that most accidants happen there,
because people fall from the roof of their houses while flying in a battle.
These house have often 3-4 floors and the pilots fight from the roofs. Once in
a while they get so excited that they tend to forget that a roof has an end..
and they fall down and break some bones or so. He hasn't heard about any
accidants involving the lines in that city, but has seen numerous times that
people actually fell down from a roof. 

So, to keep kiting save, don't battle from roofs.

By the way, I learned today that most Fighter kites in India are made by
the Muslim population of the country. The Hindus seem to be less involved
in making the kites. They fly them. 


Happy Kiting

Kai Griebenow	griebeno@mit.edu

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