Thursday, April 19, 2007

Rapa Nui mentioned in article about kite history

Come fly a kite
by
David Khorram - MDSpecial to the Saipan Tribune
Saipan Tribune
Friday, April 13, 2007

After its appearance in China, the kite migrated to Korea, Japan, Myanmar (Burma), India, Arabia, and North Africa, then farther south into the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, and the islands of Oceania as far east as Easter Island. Since kites made of leaves have been flown in Malaya and the South Seas from time immemorial, the kite could also have been invented independently in that region.

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