2024年8月21日 · Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites.

2024年8月21日 · 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 …

2024年8月4日 · MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The sky in front of the Marseille marina filled with kites Sunday afternoon. Kitesurfing — the fastest sport at the Paris Games — had arrived at the Olympics. “It’s a fresh gust of emotions, of feelings, of thoughts,” said Max Maeder, 17, of …

2024年8月23日 · Kite flying is recognized as having cultural and historical heritage in Rio de Janeiro, but it can be lethal — causing horrific injuries and even deaths. AP’s Eléonore Hughes explains the dangers behind it and how new legislation aims to address it.

2024年8月20日 · In Brazil, kites are ubiquitous, with kite flying even recognized as a cultural and historical heritage by legislation passed by Rio’s municipal assembly in 2021. Some say kites were brought to Brazil by the country’s Portuguese colonizers. But others note they were used in Africa, and that the legendary Palmares community of runaway slaves ...

2024年8月21日 · It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons -- kites. Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach ...

2024年8月21日 · RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It …

2024年8月20日 · Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban By Associated Press Published August 20, 2024 10:26 PM

2024年8月25日 · RIO DE JANEIRO — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites. A child holds kites during a festival in the Turano favela July 7 in Rio de Janeiro.

2024年5月16日 · Ap photographer Tatan Syuflana covered an international kite festival held in China. The huge event featured a staggering number of kites, and to get the story, Syuflana took images of everything from the kites in the sky to the workers sewing behind the scenes.