"Wo Kata", Jaipur style

~WOO KAATAA !!!

If this sound sounds familiar to you, you know what we are talking about.

And if it does not , you need to be in Jaipur on Sakrat, i.e. 14th January.

Though celebrated in most parts of India as Makar Sakranti, Pongal etc, we bet the most fun you'll have is in Jaipur city. When the sky is loaded with zillions of kites of all sizes and colors (and even shapes now), when the terraces are full with people of all age and gender, when the kitchen is busy with preparation of sweets of all kinds and style, that festival is Sakrat. Undoubtedly, every Jaipurite's favorite festival !

The preparations of this festival is already in full swing, with city streets loaded with shops selling kites, saddha and manjha. Families are planning the delicacies they will make on the festival, and also whom all to invite on this special day. Jaipurites living outside have already planned their travel, for this festival they cannot miss. Kids have started purchasing and looting, hence stocking kites for the big day.

What more? Even Rajasthan Tourism department has decided to celebrate this festival by organizing an annual event, i.e. Kite Festival. Sounds exciting, right?

Read on this link to find more -
http://tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/assets/pdf/Kite%20Festival.pdf

So what are you waiting for, just grab your charkhi, loot some patangs, and enter the war zone - the Sky !

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