The Kite Battles

I'll never forget my visit to the Japanese city of Hamamatsu. I decided to go at the beginning of May, when the local people have their kite festival. Every year, between 3rd and 5th May, the local people fly colorful kites to bring their children good health, strength and courage. On the way there I read a little about the history of the Hamamatsu Kite Festival.Apparently, it all started about 430 years ago, when the lord of the region sent a huge kite into the sky with his child's name on it.
Би Японы Хамамацу хотод очиж байснаа хэзээ ч мартахгүй.Орон нутгийн хүмүүсээс цаасан шувууны наадам болдог тухай сонсоод 5 дугаар сарын эхээр явахаар шийдсэн юм. Жил бүрийн 5 дугаар сарын 3-5ны хооронд нутгийн иргэд өнгө өнгийн цаасан шувууг өөрсдийнхөө хүүхдүүдэд эрүүл энх амар тайван эр зоригийг авчирна хэмээн нисгэдэг.Би замдаа Хамамацу хотын Цаасан шувууны наадмын тухай нэгэн түүх сонссон юм. Энэ бүхэн нь 430 жилийн өмнө мужийн ноён том цаасан шувуун дээр өөрийн хүүхдийн нэрийг бичин тэнгэрт хөөргөж байснаас эхэлсэн гэдэг.

When I arrived there, a few days before the beginning of the festival, I was amazed at the preparations involved.Some people were making enormous kites, while others were busy decorating brightly-coloured floats. Everywhere I went I could smell cakes and sweets cooking, ready for the big festival. I couldn't wait to try them!
Фестиваль эхлэхээс хэд хоногийн өмнө би тэнд очсон бөгөөд би бэлтгэл сургуулилтыг гайхан шагширсан.Зарим хүмүүс нь аварга том цаасан шувуу хийж байх нь өөр нэг хэсэг нь цаасан шувуугаа өнгө өнгөөр будаж чимэглэж байсан.Хаасайгүй л явахад амттай хоол бялуу үнэртэж том наадамд бэлдэж байсан юм. Би хүлээж чадахгүй байлаа.

On the first day of the festival, the sky was filled with huge, colorful kites. I was so excited that I couldn't take my eyes off the sky.The aim of the battle Explained an old man is not to win a prize but for the teams to show off their skills by knocking the other team kites out of the sky.He also told me that each team was flying a kite for a family who had recently had their first child.I noticed that every team had different costumes which were embroidered with elaborate designs to match the ones on their kites. They wore scarves around their heads and they had to wear gloves to protect their hands from the kites strings
The kites teams rarely men but hundreds of women and children had come to watch the event
The atmosphere was fantastic and all around me people kept waving flags banging drums playing trumpets and blowing whittles At the same time the teams were furiously tugging their opponents kites to the ground I couldn't’t help admiring them for putting on such a stunning show

Áàÿðûí ýõíèé ºäºð эõэëëýý. Òýíãýðò ìàø îëîí òîì òîì öààñàí øóâóóä õººðñºí áàéëàà. Áè í¿äýíäýý÷ èòãýæ ÷àäàõ¿é ãàéõàæ áàéëàà.Òóëààí÷ áîëæ áàéíà äàà ãýæ íýã õºãøèí õ¿í õýëëýý. Ýíý òýìöýýíä ÿëàã÷ ãýæ ¿ã¿é õàðèí òýíãýðò àëü áàã íü èë¿¿ èõ óð ÷àäâàðòàé óäèðäàæ öààñàí øóâóóãàà õººðãºõºäë ãîë ó÷èð íü áàéãàà ãýâ.̺í øèíý õ¿¿õýä òºðºõºä ò¿¿íä çîðèóëæ öààñàí øóâóó õººðãºäºã çàíøèëòàé ãýæ òàéëáàðëàëàà.Öààñàí øóâóóí äýýð ç¿¿ îðîîæ õàòãàìàë õàòãàñàí áàéãààã áè ìàø àíõààðàëòàéãààð õàðæ áàéñàí. Öààñàí øóâóóã õººðãºæ áàéãàà õ¿ì¿¿ñ ãàðòàà áýýëèé ºìñºí óÿàíààñ áàðüæ áàéëàà. Òýäãýýðèéã õººðãºæ áàéãàà õ¿ì¿¿ñèéí èõýíõ íü ýðýãòýé áàéñàí áîëîâ ÷ ýìýãòýé÷¿¿ä, õ¿¿õä¿¿ä ìàø îëíîîðîî öóãëàðñàí áàéëàà. Õ¿ì¿¿ñèéí ñýòãýë õºäëºë áîëîí ø¿¿ãýëäýõ ÷èìýý, áºìáºð áºìáºðäºõ ÷èìýý, èðãýí òîéðîíä á¿õ õ¿ì¿¿ñ òóã òàðöàã, áàðüæ ÿâàõ íü óóð àìüñãàëûã óëàì ãàéõàìøèãòàé áîëãîæ áàéëàà. ßã òýð ¿åä òýìöýýíä îðæ áàéãàà áàãóóäûí òýìöýë óëàì ºðíºæ ýõýëæ áàéëàà.
On the last evening of the festival I really enjoyed walking around the city centre and watching the floats People had put an incredible amount of work into making them and they were really beautiful. It made me feel sad to think that I would leave for Tokyo the next day but I knew that the memories of the kite festival would stay with me forever.
Áàÿðûí õàìãèéí ñ¿¿ëèéí ºäºð áîëîõîä áè õîòûí òºâ ãóäàìæààð òóã òàðöàã õàðàí àëõàæ ÿâëàà. Õ¿í áîëãîíû öàðàéä èíýýìñýãëýë òîäîð÷ ¿çýñãýëýíòýé õàðàãäàæ áàéëàà.
Ìàðãààø ºäºð íü áè Òîêèî õîòîîñ ÿâàõ áîëñîí ÷ òýíä áîëñîí öààñàí øóâóó õººðãºõ áàÿðûí äóðñàìæûã õýçýý÷ ìàðòàõã¿é.