Dear Editor,
THE Easter holiday and season are of major significance, not only for Christians, but for all Guyanese just as the other holidays observed by Muslims and Hindus are seen and viewed by all.  The flying of kites is a remembrance of the ascension of Christ to be at the side of the Father, the Almighty, in heaven and that is what kite flying is all about; but the art of making the kite is dying and the culture of flying is declining, but the Christian population is increasing and so are the denominations.

There was a time when almost every home, weeks before Easter Monday, would select the pointers, eathea or board frames and start to make the kites; as for the board-frame kites, many over three feet long by about two feet six inches width and carry hundreds of pieces of patch work with various matching colours that make them beautiful, the bull, the ears and frills, so as to make them noisy.  The loop for them to mount easily and the tail loop for them to be well balanced and length of tail, so as to avoid the kite pitching, it was and still is a test of skill and patience. Almost every child in the home would have his or her own kite to raise and fly on Easter Monday and days after.  You don’t see that many kites and children and adults doing it these days.

Raising and flying of the kite is a major significance, and reminds of the crucifixion, the resurrection, and the ascending of Christ to heaven; but, sad to say, the art of making the kite is dying and the culture of flying is declining.

Regards
Archie Cordis