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Fanø, Denmark – 17 June 2025
1. Various of kites flying over Fanø beach
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Therkelsen, Kite festival organizer:
“We’re really happy to be able to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Fanø International Kite Fliers meeting. Because It vent from a very small — nothing like a festival, but just a couple of tourists flying kites. And then to now, where after forty years we are the biggest kite-flyers meeting in the world, with maybe up to 5 to 6,000 kite flyers coming here to fly there kites, every year.”
3. Wide of 100 meter (328 feet) long Indonesian kite carried through the streets
4. Mid of kite being carried
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rüdiger Ueberschaer, Kiter from Germany:
“It’s fantastic. It’s really great to do it and to see the long tail here. I’m so happy to be a part of it.”
6. Indonesian kite being launched
7. 100-meter-long (328 feet) kite flying
8. Indonesian kite builder Kadek Armika fastening kite
9. Close of kite
10. Pull focus kite
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kadek Armika, Indonesian kite builder and artist:
“The spiritual kite and philosophy of the kite tradition in Indonesia is very high spiritual. The one single line is between a people to the god, this flying with the vertical connecting. That is the story of spiritual kites in Indonesia.”
12. Indonesian kite being launched
13. Indonesian man holding kite line
14. Indonesian kites flying
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Therkelsen, Kite festival organizer:
“The main reason for having the Indonesia is, of course, the tradition they have for kites flying in many, many years. But also because not long ago, they found in a cave a painting of a kite which is probably something around 4,000 years old – and could be the oldest known kite in the world.”
16. Man holding Indonesian kite
17. Indonesian kite flying
18. Pan from banner reading (English) “Fanø International Kite Fliers Meeting” to people carrying kite
19. Various of kites flying over Fanø beach
STORYLINE:
Kite enthusiasts are descending upon the Danish island of Fanø, transforming the sky into a breathtaking display of soaring color.
Located on Denmark’s rugged west coast, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic, Fanø is famed for its wide, flat beaches and steady coastal winds — a natural stage for what has become the world’s largest kite-flying event.
Visitors are even allowed to drive directly onto the island’s 14-kilometer (8.7-mile) stretch of hard-packed sand.
“It started as something very small, not even official — just a few tourists flying kites. And now, forty years later, we are the largest kite-flyers’ gathering in the world,” said festival organizer Paul Therkelsen.
This year’s meeting carries special significance: 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the festival.
To celebrate, organizers launched the initiative “Indonesia to Fanø”, inviting some of the most renowned Indonesian kite builders and flyers to participate in this year’s program and share their centuries-old traditions with the global kite community.
A 100-meter-long (328 feet) Indonesian kite was paraded through the cobbled streets of Nordby — a historic seafaring village dating back to the Viking Age.
With roots stretching to around the year 700 and a church from 1789, Nordby was once Denmark’s gateway to exotic trade.
During the festival, locals proudly showcase their traditional costumes and finely crafted fabrics, offering a glimpse into Fanø’s rich cultural heritage.
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