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In Pictures: Colourful creations fill sky at Chinese kite festival

Weifang residents describe the city as the ‘kite capital of the world’.

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More than 1,000 kites have filled the skies above a coastal city in eastern China that touts itself as the “kite capital of the world”.

Locals say there is nothing that cannot sail in the air in Weifang.

China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)

Modern craftsmanship means kite-makers are boasting more elaborate, complex and bigger designs.

China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP)
China Kite Festival Photo Gallery
(Tatan Syuflana/AP))
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