A large number of people, including several foreigners, participated in the International Kite Festival held in Vadodara today.Kite fliers from 11 countries, including from Ukraine, Switzerland, Indonesia, Belgium, UK, Lebanon, Lithunia, Italy, South Korea, and Turkistan, along with the locals filled the sky with kites of all shapes, sizes and colours.The event was a curtain raiser to the International Kite Festival to be held in Ahmedabad on Jan 10-14.