Many cultures use kites in their celebrations of events.  They’ve been used for thousands of years and Chinese culture was the first to mention them in myths and legends.  The great explorer Marco Polo brought the kite to Europe in the thirteenth century and it became a popular children’s toy and later on it was used for scientific research when Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that there was electricity present in clouds during a thunder storm.  Kites also contributed to the study of meteorology measuring temperature and pressure at high altitudes.