Vadodara: A large number of people, including several foreigners, participated in the International Kite Festival held on Sunday.

Kite fliers from 11 countries, including from Ukraine, Switzerland, Indonesia, Belgium, UK, Lebanon, Lithunia, Italy, South Korea, and Turkistan, along with the locals filled the sky with kites of all shapes, sizes and colours, organisers said. The event, which was a curtain raiser to the International Kite Festival to be held in Ahmedabad on January 10-14, was organised jointly by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and Vadodara District collectorate. PTI