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A man flies a huge fish-shaped kite during the kite festival in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 13, 2014. 

Kite flyers from various countries and across India are participating in the festival that is annually held on the Sabarmati riverfront.

Ahmadabad, India

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Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi releases balloons as he inaugurates a three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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A man selling kites and threads waits for customers on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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People fly kites on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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Indian school children perform yoga during the inauguration of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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A man flies a kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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An Indian woman selling kites awaits customers as her child rests on a hand cart, on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, center standing in car, holds a kite during the inauguration of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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An Indian youth flies a kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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Indians stand under a huge kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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A kite flyer from Russia holds his kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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An Indian girl flies a kite during the kite festival in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 13, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, bottom left, holds a kite during the inauguration of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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Indians watch a huge kite fly on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 

Ahmadabad, India

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A man flies a kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad, Jan. 12, 2014. 
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