Clean Monday—the beginning of Lent among Orthodox Christians—is the day Greeks fly kites, symbolic of the Resurrection.

Residents in Haiti have taken an apparent break from the violence during Easter. Children and adults created and flew coloured paper kites. The tradition is akin to the practice of painting eggs ...

Kite-flying, children in fancy dress, picnics where possible, and family gatherings around tables laden with Lenten ...

Cypriots are heading to the countryside today to celebrate Green Monday, a public holiday that marks the start of Lent with ...