Last weekend, September 1-2, the colorful “Motley Sky” kite festival took place near the Lower Tsaritsynsky Pond. The event has its own history - the festival has been held for fifteen years. The first of the festivals “took off into the sky” in 2003, and since then “Motley Sky” has become a bright and interesting tradition. From noon until seven o'clock in the evening, the festival awaited both adults and very young visitors.

The organizers of the festival are the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve and Prokite, a club of kite lovers. They were the ones who managed to give us an original, memorable event (by the way, on given time“Motley Sky” can deservedly be called the oldest kite festival in Russia). It takes place not once, but twice a year - at the end of May and the beginning of September. Why the choice of dates? This question is easy to answer - firstly, you can count on already - or still - good or at least good weather; and secondly, a lot of children appear at the event, and if the festival were held in the summer, many of the likely young visitors would already be vacationing outside the city.

“The Motley Sky,” like any other cultural event of this kind, has its own goals, simple, but very positive. Among them, the organizers name active recreation in the lap of nature, the creation of a platform for those who want to exchange experiences or create something new together. In addition, it is no secret that the festival is attended primarily not by “kite ballooning” professionals, but by ordinary people, many of whom know very little about kites. And the “Motley Sky” festival gives them the opportunity to join a bright, entertaining, and, by the way, sporting pastime - some people buy their first kite after the “Motley Sky”. And sometimes even on time!

You can appreciate the scale of the largest kite from these photographs.

It should be noted that French kite connoisseurs also took part in the festival. It’s always nice when an event of this kind attracts not only those who, as they say, “are close, but because they can’t go.”

At the festival, visitors could admire a variety of kites, from small to huge, with whales and what looked like a stingray attracting everyone's attention. Most of the kites flew into the air from the hands of ordinary festival visitors - at the “Motley Sky” the idea of ​​​​bringing with them an “aerial pet” was welcomed. Moreover, kite flying by visitors was a separate item included in the event program.

Those interested could attend a master class on making kites from two o'clock in the afternoon. From children's hands, with the help of thin paper, scissors, rulers, plastic sticks and felt-tip pens, simple, crooked, but personally made kites came out! Admission to the festival was free, but the master classes were also free. Within five minutes, a queue of several dozen people formed at the tables where they were held - the popularity of the master class was beyond doubt!

In addition to kites, visitors were delighted with ground installations in the form of multi-colored waving flags - white, blue, yellow flowers… The rainbow “pinwheels,” as the little visitors called them, were also immensely beautiful, lined up along the path at a sufficient height so as not to interfere with the passage of visitors. The installation complex wore beautiful name"Garden of the Wind"

The event had a good, albeit expensive food court. Those who wished could buy ice cream, drink coffee, eat a hot dog, French fries or hot sausage. Alas, Ice Cream for Adults caused slight disappointment (both for children and adults). Apparently, most of the adult patrons were expecting something other than just adding a little alcohol to the ice cream (which inflated the price to an almost obscene level, as some patrons openly said). However, others immediately admitted with a laugh that “something else” could hardly be present at a family-type festival, where children of all ages come...

The musical accompaniment from several DJs, relatively quiet and partly for this reason pleasantly unobtrusive, fit well into the general outline of the festival. It was clear - or rather, heard - that the DJs approached the selection of music with all care - and they made the right decision!

A separate point of the festival was fighting on traditional rokkaku kites. However, very few festival visitors knew what “rokkaku” was, and therefore I would like to say a few words about it here.

Actually, we're talking about about the Japanese kite flying tradition. Rokkaku is a hexagonal kite (the word itself translates as “six corners”). According to the original historical tradition, the snake was made from bamboo and washi (paper made from the fibers of the bark of the “paper tree”), and then decorated with designs. Of course, in those days painting was done by hand. The theme of the painting was often portraits of famous samurai.

In fact, at the master class they suggested doing something similar - two slats were attached to a hexagon cut out of paper, and then the kite creators hurried to a table on which colored felt-tip pens of various shades lay in the public domain.

If we talk about the homeland of rokkaku, then in Japan similar fights are held in two cities - Sanjo and Mitsuki. In Sanzho, kites measuring one and a half meters fly into the air. A team of 5 to 10 people is responsible for one kite. The goal of the battles is simple - to shoot down the enemy’s kite by any means. This can be achieved, for example, by cutting the rail (roughly speaking, rope) of the enemy’s kite with your own, you can turn the enemy’s kite over so that it loses the wind and falls to the ground, you can entangle several “objects” belonging to your opponents with one of your kites... In theory , a kite of this size could be controlled by one person - if we were talking about ordinary aeronautics. But here the whole team has to run around - either help pull the railing, or move the railing basket... The winner is the one whose kite ultimately remains in the air.

In Mitsuki the rules are slightly different. The competition there takes place near the river, just like in Sanzho, but... they fly kites here everywhere larger format- from three and a half meters. Of course, it is almost impossible for one person to hold such a structure, and therefore flying a kite becomes a team affair. Here the goal is no longer to shoot down the enemy’s “object,” but to hook it and drag it to your bank of the river (initially the teams are on opposite banks of the river).

Well, the last thing I would like to tell you about is the fair. At the festival you could buy books, printed T-shirts and coats, funny little things - from bracelets to bronze figurines and bright neckerchiefs and, of course, kites. Among the latter there was a fairly good selection of prints, however, rather purely for children, which was even somewhat disappointing, and the price range ranged from 700 to 2000 rubles, depending on the size and model of the kite.

What the festival lacked a little was some specially allocated space where kite owners could demonstrate their “pets” and their talents. Therefore, the snakes were hovering right above their heads, and, frankly speaking, it was even scary to pass by a young enthusiast trying to fly a kite... somewhere - and every minute he would have to dodge a snake attack!

According to experienced visitors and participants of the festival, this time they were somewhat let down by the wind. On a wonderfully sunny day there was almost complete calm, which, of course, made it difficult to fly kites. But despite this, “The Motley Sky” was a success, bringing a day of smiles to many festival-goers.

Look at the sky!

The bright colorful festival, which is held twice a year in Tsaritsyno, is glad to open its doors to both adults and children! On August 26 and 27, come to the museum-reserve and take part in colorful demonstrations, funny fights and exciting master classes. Who is the hero of the occasion? Kites!

The festival took place for the first time in 2017 in May and, as usual, attracted a lot of attention. The “Motley Sky” event is not only an opportunity for everyone to demonstrate their kite, but also to learn how to make one with your own hands if you don’t already have aerial fun!

For observers

The museum-reserve will have a “wind garden” - ribbons, flags and other structures fluttering in the wind. And 20 different “kites” will fly over Tsaritsyno Park: in the form of an octopus, a bear, fish and other animals. Therefore, even looking into the heavenly heights, you can enjoy the original flight of fantasy contained in the heavenly “dragons”.

Have you heard about kite fighting? The peculiarity of the idea is that a couple of opponents are trying to make the opponent’s “kite” lose stability in the air and land. 6 “pilots” will take part in the battle, we invite you to watch this spectacle!

Enjoy the summer! Visit the Motley Sky Festival at the end of August. We are sure that both adults and children will be delighted with what they see. If you get hungry, be sure to check out the fair that will be set up on the shore of the pond. With the incendiary music of DJs, you will definitely get a charge of positive mood and thoughts for the weeks ahead!

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The Motley Sky Kite Festival is a festival filled with bright colors and amazing atmosphere. Not only brave pilots and astronauts can conquer the skies, but also those who are simply in love with the blue heights and know how to catch favourable wind.

Every year thousands of romantics and inventors gather in Moscow and compete in flying kites. And while the kite owners remain on the ground, their creations soar skyward, conquering heights clear skies and sailing imposingly on the air waves.

Motley Sky 2019

And now we will tell you where and when this amazing and vibrant event will take place.

Kite Festival Motley Sky 2019 will pass twice: May 25-26- spring and August 31 - September 1 - autumn event. The venue will remain the same. The festival will take place in Moscow on the banks of the Lower Tsaritsyn Pond. The site is located between Shipilovsky Proezd and Novotsaritsynskoye Highway. The festive program will take place from 12.00 to 18.00. The exact address and you can see the diagram.

Welcome to one of the brightest events of this year - the #MotleySky Festival in Tsaritsino!

Detailed program August 31 - September 1, 2019

Friends, detailed program festival "Motley Sky" on August 31 and September 1 you can see .

About the Festival

The Motley Sky Kite Festival was first held in 2003 and rightfully received the status of the oldest holiday. Since then, every year it has conquered more and more hearts of people in love with the sky.

Tsaritsyn Ponds have become a permanent venue for this vibrant event, and the time for meeting friends always remains the same - these are the last weekends of May and August.

If you don’t have a kite, don’t be upset, just lying on the green grass away from the bustle of the city and looking at the sky painted in different colors and being alone with your thoughts is also a great pastime.

Fresh air and friends, great music and a fair wind, a sea of ​​smiles and a great mood, a friendly atmosphere and acquaintances - this is the Motley Sky Kite Festival.

The organizers of this holiday are the Prokite club and the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve.

Program

The festival program is always filled with exciting events and pleasant surprises.

There is an amazing blue sky, which is decorated with hundreds of colorful works of art presented by both the organizers of the event and its guests. Also here you can see the largest kite in Russia, the length of which reaches as much as 30 meters.

You will especially like the Wind Garden - these are amazingly beautiful ground installations in the form of flags and ribbons fluttering in the wind.

Those who are especially curious will enjoy the exciting master classes, where you and your children can learn how to make real kites, and then they can be launched into the sky.

Also spectacular will be the traditional Japanese rokakku battles - this is a battle of Japanese fighting kites, and absolutely all interested guests will be able to take part in them.

In addition, a sea of ​​interesting and pleasant surprises awaits guests, so come and visit!

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We invite you to see how this amazing and colorful event takes place in Tsaritsyn Park. But, as they say, it’s better to see for yourself once than to hear a hundred times. So come visit with the whole family or a group of friends. You will always be welcome here! See you!

The organizer of the event is the club of kite lovers “Prokite” with the assistance of the State Budgetary Institution “Mospriroda” of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation environment and GBUK of Moscow State Museum-Reserve"Tsaritsino".

The purpose of the festival is to popularize active rest in nature, creating a platform for joint creativity and exchange of experience.
The event program includes:
- master class on making kites
- parade of kites with the participation of the largest in Russia - 30 meters long;
- wind garden (ground installations: waving flags and ribbons)
- master class on making a fighter plane using origami technique
- fights on rokkaku - traditional Japanese fighting snakes. Anyone can take part in the battle
- food market
- music sets

SPECIAL GUEST– AWITA team (France), which is already more than 10 years old. During this time, the guys collected one of the world's largest collections of kites. Passionate lovers of the sky, the guys are ready to fly kites in any weather, fully justifying the name of their team: after all, AWITA is All Ways In The Air, i.e. "Always in the air."

Entrance to the festival is free.

Event time: from 12:00 to 18:00
Location: the territory of the Lower Tsaritsynsky pond between Shipilovsky passage and Novotsaritsynsky highway.
Address reference: Bazhenova str., 11B, GPS coord: 55.623412, 37.687569
How to get there: Art. metro station "Orekhovo" or "Tsaritsyno"