Saw a beautiful film recently on a little boy's passion towards kite flying.. It used to be a quite a popular fun sport in India until few years ago but it's kind of fading out now. Wondering if kite flying  is a known activity among Europeans.. Found a link with details also but not quite sure the present status of it, so thought will seek inputs from all you guys out here..

http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/hist1.html