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The Municipality of Athens invited people to celebrate Clean Monday and the beginning of Lent together, and as traditional, young and old are already gathered early on Filopappou Hill to fly kites with fun and music. Lenten dishes, lagana, warm bean salad and halva will await those who climb Filopappou Hill, where colourful kites are… […]
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Clean Monday: Athenians colour the sky above Filopappou Hill with kites
February 27th, 2023 
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Why do Greek Fly kites on Clean Monday?
February 27th, 2023 Awake Goy Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) is when families and friends celebrate delicious fasting foods and the widespread custom of flying kites. For most children, this is the essential activity of the day. Kids always compete on whose kite will fly higher. Origins of the kite-flying tradition There are several theories on why we fly a kite on Kathara… […]
Desert Kites: Ancient Hunters Built Massive Death Traps for Animals
October 24th, 2022 Awake Goy Located on the Ustyurt plateau spanning Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are some puzzling ancient structures – or what remains of them. Read more Section: News History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source
Another distorted ‘NY Times’ report on Gaza focuses on ‘blazing kites’ instead of Israeli snipers
May 5th, 2018 Awake Goy Another Friday of mass demonstrations in Gaza’s Great March of Return means another effort by the New York Times to distort the truth — and today’s article shows the usual dishonest contortions. The Times report is mainly about an effort by some of the the Gazan marchers to set kites on fire, and fly them […]
Flaming kites mark fifth Friday of Gaza protests
April 30th, 2018 Awake Goy In a small primitive tent about 800 meters from the fence separating Gaza from Israel, Fahd Abu Jazar ties crossed wooden hexagonal bars to prepare flaming kites to be flown over the border during the fifth week of “March of Return”. At the end of the day of the weekly demonstrations, from his tent in […]
Photos: Children fly kites in Sanandaj
May 28th, 2017 Awake Goy ISNA | Farshid Ardalan: A festival of kite flying was held on Wednesday in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to commemorate the 36th anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr. Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2017/05/28/photos-children-fly-kites-sanandaj/
Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan
December 4th, 2015 Awake Goy Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan December 3rd, 2015 Via: ProPublica: The requirements were clear: Villas with no less than queen beds, flat-screen TVs of no less than 27 inches, meals of at least three stars, and round-the-clock bodyguards. […]
Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan
December 4th, 2015 Awake Goy Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan December 3rd, 2015 Via: ProPublica: The requirements were clear: Villas with no less than queen beds, flat-screen TVs of no less than 27 inches, meals of at least three stars, and round-the-clock bodyguards. […]
