Greater Springfield Kite Festival was a blast of fun and a booster for community spirit.

A well-organized event by the Greater Springfield Indian Association headed by the Founder and President Mr. Mukesh Dubey. It was one of those events where young and old could enjoy themselves together and compete with each other no matter their level of skills.

A pure fun-filled event that was well received by the Indian diaspora and the local families in the Springfield area. This was a maiden event of the Greater Springfield Indian Association.

Kite festival is one of the auspicious festivals of India where the farmers are celebrating the end of the winter season and the beginning of the harvest season. In many parts of India, farmers will celebrate the Makar Sankranti marking the arrival of spring in India and the kite festival is the harbinger of the harvest season which starts after the makar sankranti day. On this day farmers will worship the sun god for giving valuable nourishment to the crops, protecting them giving them the necessary oxygen needed for the fruits and vegetables to grow. In the urban sectors though the kite festival is looked at as more of a sport where everyone in the family comes together to celebrate and fly the kites. There is competition among the players in terms of whose kite lasts in the air for a long time and how many kites one cuts down in the process of survival.

These days Kite festival is celebrated all over the world and India now has an international Kite festival where visitors from around the world, especially from countries including Japan, Italy, UK, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, the US, Malaysia, Singapore, France, and China take part in the celebration.

The Kite festival at Brisbane was a mixed bag of all cultures coming together and celebrating it. There were the Indian kites flying high in the sky along with the Chinese Dragons and the US giant banners. Overall it was a fun day that unfolded from the morning at 9 am to the afternoon at 4 pm. The weather was also perfect to fly kites. Many community leaders and government officials attended the event. Charis Mullen MP supported the event and Mayor Teresa Harding - Ipswich City Council attended the event to support it.