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Fish
Fish-shaped kite, China, late 1900s

This kite is made in the shape of a carp, a freshwater fish which is considered a delicacy in China. Flying a carp kite is a celebration of a traditional tale about a carp that once swam all the way to heaven and became a dragon.

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