From May 26 to 27, Tsaritsyno Park in Moscow will host the festival kites called “The Motley Sky.” A holiday will begin on the shores of the Lower Tsaritsyn Pond, which has won the hearts of thousands of people.
Once a year, thousands of inventors will improve their kite flying skills. An incredible colorful show will open before the eyes of spectators in the capital.
Speckled Sky Kite Festival 2018: a great option for a day off
Thousands of people will flock to Tsaritsino to see the largest kite in Russia. It is here, on the shore of the Lower Tsaritsynsky Pond, that the “Motley Sky” kite festival will take place. All those who cannot attend this colorful show have a second chance to do so in the fall: in 2018, from September 1-2, the festival will be repeated again.
The initiator of the festival was the club of kite lovers “Prokite”. This festival was first held in 2003 and immediately appealed to the taste of many people. The organizers of the holiday admit that they hold this event not only for entertainment, but also to make outdoor recreation more popular. It is not necessary to come here with a kite; you can make one at a master class that will take place on the shore of the pond. From 12:00-18:00 there will be festive program, where fun music, surprises and exciting master classes await guests and festival participants.
Sometimes there are incidents here: in 2017, due to a strong gust of wind, several large kites were blown into the sky, but the rest were saved. This holiday is also suitable for lovers passive rest: Far from the bustle of the city, you can simply relax in nature, admiring the kites in the sky.
Speckled Sky Kite Festival 2018: Rokkaku Battle
The climax of the festival will be the battle of Rokkaku. This tradition was borrowed from Japan. Participants in the battle were hexagonal kites depicting famous samurai. If in earlier times they were made of bamboo and special paper, now carbon fiber frames and nylon are used more often.
In order for the kite to be stable in the air flow, its design must have sides of 5:4:3. The number of guide sails is three. The point of the fight is to shoot down the enemy's kite with any means. As a rule, teams participate in this competition. To bring down a kite, two strategies are used: you can entangle the lines and lines of all participants, or you can turn the kite over so that it cuts the competitor's line. The winner is the one with the only kite left in the air. Before the start of the battle, all snakes are infused in the direction of the wind and undergo a thorough check.
The length of the sling, as a rule, reaches 45 meters. It should be noted that the winner of the fight gets the opponent's kite. A peculiarity of fights in Russia is that pilots do not use lines coated with abrasive, as this allows them to quickly cut the enemy’s line, 1rre reports. This, in turn, is considered a harsh technique, due to which the bright show in the sky can end very quickly.
Look at the sky!
The bright colorful festival, which is held twice a year in Tsaritsyno, is glad to open its doors to both adults and children! On August 26 and 27, come to the museum-reserve and take part in colorful demonstrations, funny fights and exciting master classes. Who is the hero of the occasion? Kites!
The festival took place for the first time in 2017 in May and, as usual, attracted a lot of attention. Event " Motley sky"is not only an opportunity for everyone to demonstrate their kite, but also to learn how to make one with your own hands if you don’t already have aerial fun!
For observers
The museum-reserve will have a “wind garden” - ribbons, flags and other structures fluttering in the wind. And 20 different “kites” will fly over Tsaritsyno Park: in the form of an octopus, a bear, fish and other animals. Therefore, even looking into the heavenly heights, you can enjoy the original flight of fantasy contained in the heavenly “dragons”.
Have you heard about kite fighting? The peculiarity of the idea is that a couple of opponents are trying to make the opponent’s “kite” lose stability in the air and land. 6 “pilots” will take part in the battle, we invite you to watch this spectacle!
Enjoy the summer! Visit the Motley Sky Festival at the end of August. We are sure that both adults and children will be delighted with what they see. If you get hungry, be sure to check out the fair that will be set up on the shore of the pond. With the incendiary music of DJs, you will definitely get a charge of positive mood and thoughts for the weeks ahead!
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The Motley Sky Kite Festival is a festival filled with bright colors and an amazing atmosphere. Not only brave pilots and astronauts can conquer the skies, but also those who are simply in love with the blue heights and know how to catch a fair wind.
Every year thousands of romantics and inventors gather in Moscow and compete in flying kites. And while the kite owners remain on the ground, their creations soar skyward, conquering heights clear skies and sailing imposingly on the air waves.
Motley Sky 2019
And now we will tell you where and when this amazing and vibrant event will take place.
Kite Festival Motley Sky 2019 will pass twice: May 25-26- spring and August 31 - September 1 - autumn event. The venue will remain the same. The festival will take place in Moscow on the shore of the Lower Tsaritsynsky pond. The site is located between Shipilovsky Proezd and Novotsaritsynskoye Highway. The festive program will take place from 12.00 to 18.00. The exact address and you can see the diagram.
Welcome to one of the brightest events of this year - the #MotleySky Festival in Tsaritsino!
Detailed program August 31 - September 1, 2019
Friends, detailed program festival "Motley Sky" on August 31 and September 1 you can see .
About the Festival
The Motley Sky Kite Festival was first held in 2003 and rightfully received the status of the oldest holiday. Since then, every year it has conquered more and more hearts of people in love with the sky.
Tsaritsyn Ponds have become a permanent venue for this vibrant event, and the time for meeting friends always remains the same - these are the last weekends of May and August.
If you don’t have a kite, don’t be upset, just lying on the green grass away from the bustle of the city and looking at the sky painted in different colors and being alone with your thoughts is also a great pastime.
Fresh air and friends, great music and a fair wind, a sea of smiles and a great mood, a friendly atmosphere and acquaintances - this is the Motley Sky Kite Festival.
The organizers of this holiday are the Prokite club and the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve.
Program
The festival program is always filled with exciting events and pleasant surprises.
There is an amazing blue sky, which is decorated with hundreds of colorful works of art presented by both the organizers of the event and its guests. Also here you can see the largest kite in Russia, the length of which reaches as much as 30 meters.
You will especially like the Wind Garden - these are amazingly beautiful ground installations in the form of flags and ribbons fluttering in the wind.
Those who are especially curious will enjoy the exciting master classes, where you and your children can learn how to make real kites, and then they can be launched into the sky.
Also spectacular will be the traditional Japanese rokakku battles - this is a battle of Japanese fighting kites, and absolutely all interested guests will be able to take part in them.
In addition, a sea of interesting and pleasant surprises awaits guests, so come and visit!
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We invite you to see how this amazing and colorful event takes place in Tsaritsyn Park. But, as they say, it’s better to see for yourself once than to hear a hundred times. So come visit with the whole family or a group of friends. You will always be welcome here! See you!
The organizer of the event is the club of kite lovers “Prokite” with the assistance of the State Budgetary Institution “Mospriroda” of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow “Tsaritsyno” State Museum-Reserve.
The purpose of the festival is to popularize active rest in nature, creating a platform for joint creativity and exchange of experience.
The event program includes:
- master class on making kites
- parade of kites with the participation of the largest in Russia - 30 meters long;
- wind garden (ground installations: waving flags and ribbons)
- master class on making a fighter plane using origami technique
- fights on rokkaku - traditional Japanese fighting snakes. Anyone can take part in the battle
- food market
- music sets
SPECIAL GUEST– AWITA team (France), which is already more than 10 years old. During this time, the guys collected one of the world's largest collections of kites. Passionate lovers of the sky, the guys are ready to fly kites in any weather, fully justifying the name of their team: after all, AWITA is All Ways In The Air, i.e. "Always in the air."
Entrance to the festival is free.
Event time: from 12:00 to 18:00
Location: the territory of the Lower Tsaritsynsky pond between Shipilovsky passage and Novotsaritsynsky highway.
Address reference: Bazhenova str., 11B, GPS coord: 55.623412, 37.687569
How to get there: Art. metro station "Orekhovo" or "Tsaritsyno"
