Kite flying to build up Vitamin D...

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In my last post, I mentioned about the first harvest festival of the year in India. It's celebrated for three days across the country and has different names in different parts of the country. Now there are few traditions and food associated with this festival. I have already mentioned about the delicacies that are made from fresh harvest in my last post. Now there is tradition of kite flying during the festival. Some kite flying festivals also go on in different parts of the country. At some places there are outdoor activities with cattles like bull fighting or bullock cart racing that take place. Now my grandfather told me that there is a scientific logic behind this tradition of outdoor activities. He told that the Vitamin D that body makes over three days can be stored over for an year. And the best and safest sunlight to make that Vitamin D is when winter is about to end and spring is to begin. It's that time in our country. Spring is knocking on door and will be here in a week time. Children and adults are encouraged to stay outdoors with these outdoor activities and kite flying. They build up their Vitamin D store. And all the delicacies made with sesame seed are there for your calcium store and bone health. So this tradition of kite flying has a scientific logic. Even ancient cultures were scientific. My daughters are out with my husband and nephew flying kites on our terrace. I was with them for some time. Here I put picture of beautiful bright kites. I made them with my students over a period of few days. It was part of our art activity for the festival. We celebrated the festival at school yesterday. These kites decorated the venue of celebration. Teachers, non teaching staff and children came out to fly kites in later half of the day.