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Who hasn't yearned to be in control of a soaring, swirling and diving kite (or at least fly it better than the person struggling to get theirs airborne!)

The earliest Kites are depicted in Indonesian Cave paintings dated from 9500-9000BC, the Chinese have records of silk and bamboo kites around 500BC and paper styles from around 549AD

India elevated Kites to a new height (see what I did there?) with fighter Kites (Patang) and they are flown in their thousands during festivals

The Romans had Windsock like banners and by 18th-19th Europe had finally caught on, although initially using them as Scientific instruments 

Nowadays they are mostly used for fun and you can't deny that they are - there is NOTHING like the feeling of holding a Kite at the very end of its string 

Many, many generations of people all over the world can't be wrong (well, they clearly can ... but not about Kites)