At a kite festival in India, as many as six people, including children, lost their lives due to absurd reasons.
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People fly kites on rooftops and terraces in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Uttarayan is a festival that celebrates the end of winter by flying kites.
A spectacle unfolded as colorful kites adorned the sky, but a tragedy occurred during the 'kite fight' event.
There have been a series of accidents in which people were killed by getting their necks caught in a kite line.
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The problem was that the kites were coated with metal and glass dust to make it easier to win kite fights.
Three children and three adults who were riding motorcycles were killed by this kite, and about 170 people were reported to have been injured.
Although the authorities have banned the distribution of glass powder coated ties to prevent recurrence, it is known that these ties are still secretly used in various parts of India.
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Netizens responded such as "Isn't that enough to fly a murder weapon instead of a kite" and "It would be better to abolish the festival altogether, as disasters repeat every year."
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