Beware the infamous Kite-Eating Tree!

VIII Annual Kite Festival
(Festival de Cometas y Panderos)


photo by Eric Jackson

Sunday, March 30
2 - 6 pm on the Amador Causeway
in the field behind the Figali Convention Center
sponsored by the Chinese-Panamanian Professionals Association

As in the past, there will be contests for the best-flown purchased kites and the best home-made kites, with trophies for the former and prizes for the latter.

This is one of Panama's principal annual expressions of Chinese culture, althought in the past the non-Chinese participation in these festivals has been massive. Being an event organized by the Chinese community, however, there is a family orientation with lots of activities for the younger kids.

Wouldn't you expect cold stuff to drink to be available on a sunny and windy afternoon on the Amador Causeway? That and food will be on sale in the parking lot --- kites and string, too.

It's in a largely open field, but will YOU be able to get your kite way up there, over the Panama Canal? To do so you will have to surmount the challenge that Charlie Brown never could, the infamous Kite-Eating Tree!

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