kites soaring through the sky are a common site across Brazil and they’re particularly popular in Rio’s low-income communities known as FAS for most people kite symbolize light-hearted fun but people living in Brazil face a unique danger kite fighting the objective is to slash a Challengers line and rip an opponent’s Kite from the sky that involves the use of a razor sharp line that has caused horrific accidents over the years reports of motorcyclists having limbs severed or their throat slit are common concern over kite fighting has prompted a bill now moving through Congress that would outlaw sharp kit lines Nationwide and it’s headed for a senate vote but afficionados say cutting lines could be used safely in designated areas rather than imposing a blanket ban on something they view as cultural heritage