Artist Clemens Habicht who had a kite stall at the festival for the third year in a row. His simple kites are something to behold.

Barriletes Gigantes de Sumpango

This year’s Festival of the Winds included a display of these Barriletes Gigantes de Sumpango. These massive hand-crafted structures made of bamboo and tissue paper, that can take months and many hands to build, are traditionally flown on 1 November in Sumpango, Guatemala to honour the ancestors.

The craft of making these kites was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2024.

Practice Day