Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are slashing throats and prompting a push for a national ban скачать в хорошем качестве

Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are slashing throats and prompting a push for a national ban

(21 Aug 2024) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4513199 ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 27 July 2024 1. A kite falling after being cut 2. World Champion of kite fighting, Alexander Mattoso da Silva, flying kite VOICEOVER: This is kite fighting. Players aim to rip each other’s kites out of the sky using sharp lines known as ‘cerol’. 3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Alexander Mattoso da Silva, World Champion of Sport Kite: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++ “There's no point in putting two kites in the sky and leaving them there. The fun of kites is to eliminate each other, to fight each other. That's the combat that exists, the dynamism of one facing the other and seeing who's the best.” 4. Da Silva rolling a nylon string in a reel 5. Nylon string reel VOICEOVER: Kite fighting is especially popular in Rio’s low-income communities, known as favelas. VOICEOVER: But when a line is cut loose, the repercussions can be dangerous and sometimes deadly. ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18 August 2024 6. Mid of Leonardo Durães who was injured by a kit line, speaking 7. Durães showing picture of his face after the accident VOICEOVER: Leonardo Durães was riding his motorbike on a Rio highway when a kite line slashed his face. 8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Leonardo Durães, 35, private security worker who was injured by a kite line: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++ “When I bent down I felt it (the line) cut, and when I looked at the fuel tank it was all full of blood.” 9. Durães speaking 10. Durães riding motorcycle VOICEOVER: Some states in Brazil ban kite fighting, while others like Rio de Janeiro try and keep the activity away from homes and highways ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 27 July 2024 10. Kite in the sky ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 7 July 2024 11. Kite in the sky 12. People flying kites during a kite festival at Turano favela in Rio de Janeiro VOICEOVER: There's no official data on the number of injuries and deaths nationwide caused by cutting lines. But since 2019, there have been more than 2,800 reports of illegal use of the lines in Rio state alone. ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 29 July 2024 17. Various of Kelly Cristina da Silva, mother of Kevin Pedro da Silva who was killed after a razor-sharp string used to fly a kite floated across the motorway and caught him in the neck, holding a banner reading (Portuguese) “Cerol kills, this is not a game” VOICEOVER: Kelly’s son was killed in Rio de Janeiro whilst riding on a motorbike. A stray kite line caught him in the neck. VOICEOVER: Just that day he’d signed papers to rent a home with his fiancé. VOICEOVER : Kelly has been campaigning to ban cutting lines nation-wide 18. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Kelly Cristina da Silva, mother of victim killed by kite line: "My son's life was destroyed by a game. Something that destroys people's lives cannot be treated as a game." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 7 July 2024 19. Various of People flying kites during a kite festival at Turano favela in Rio de Janeiro VOICEOVER: In February Brazil’s Lower House of Congress approved a bill to outlaw the razor-sharp lines nationwide. It is now heading to a vote in the Senate. STORYLINE: Kite flying is recognized as having cultural and historical heritage in Rio de Janeiro, but it can be lethal - causing horrific injuries and even deaths. That is because some people taking part in kite fighting use taut, sharp-edged kite lines —known as “cerol” in Portuguese — to slash their opponents' lines and rip their kites from the sky. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...