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Kite flying at the Queen’s Park Savannah remains a quintessential cultural experience in Trinidad and Tobago, particularly during the vibrant Easter season. This annual tradition, headlined by the National Easter Kite Flying Contest, transforms the expansive greens of Port of Spain into a theatre of aerial artistry and communal celebration.
The event features diverse competitive categories, ranging from traditional designs to the formidable Mad Bull kites, which require coordinated teams and significant wind power to launch. For participants and spectators alike, the gathering offers a unique blend of heritage, family-friendly entertainment, and the technical challenge of navigating the Caribbean breezes.
This article provides a first-person perspective on the atmosphere of the 2014 competition, highlighting the resilience of local traditions and the shared joy found in both successful flights and the spectacle of the event. It distinguishes itself by capturing the specific emotional and physical nuances of the Savannah experience, from the dust trails of massive kite launches to the simple pleasure of observing a rainbow-filled sky.
Key Takeaways
- The Queen’s Park Savannah hosts the significant National Easter Kite Flying Contest annually in Port of Spain.
- Mad Bull kites represent the largest competitive category requiring multi-person teams and heavy-duty transport for assembly.
- Easter kite flying serves as a vital communal activity fostering family bonding and cultural continuity in Trinidad.
- Competitive categories provide structured recognition for traditional craftsmanship and aerial performance among diverse age groups.
- The event atmosphere combines corporate sponsorship giveaways with authentic local entertainment and recreational freedom for all.
Kite flying at Queen’s Park Savannah: A Trinidad Easter tradition
By Nadia Ali
Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height,
Let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring,
Up through the atmosphere, up where the air is clear,
Oh let’s go fly a kite.
Those are the lyrics to a song from the famous “Mary Poppins” film. It’s one that relates to the happiness of flying a kite watching it soar into the sky. Fortunately, it is something that is encouraged every year in the 90.5 Annual National Easter Kite Flying Contest held by at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
It is definitely a great day out for the whole family with freebies, food and freedom to watch entertainers and not forgetting, to fly a kite!
There are numerous categories to take part in each with a prize. The best category in my opinion is definitely the “Mad Bull” entries. These are the larger than large kites that arrive on the back of a truck waiting to be assembled and flown by a team – like five or more people to get this monster kite in the air.
In 2014, at the far corner of the entrants area a six-man team hooked up their Mad Bull to a pickup to try to get the kite off the ground. It was an amazing task to see as the kite slowly lifted upright and scarped across the dusty ground of the Savannah leaving the team in a dust trail. But alas, it didn’t get off the ground for long before literally crashing down on its corners.
Children with small kites were scattered on the Savannah accompanied by parents. The crowds hung around the main area in front of the entertainers’ stage where there were sponsors giving out free stuff.
Of course, I went with my kite in hand ready to see it soar “up through the atmosphere, up where the air is clear”. It started off well whipping its way up and up but as soon as I began to release the kite string at a pace it began to dip and dive, down, down down plummeting to the Savannah ground far away.
So, I collected it and sat to simply admire those kites that created a rainbow of colour in the sky and the joy on the faces of the persons flying them with pride.
Oh let’s go fly a kite!
April 2015 – Issue 15 www.sweettntmagazine.com
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