Meaning
The Easter pastime of flying home-made kites in the breezy spring skies — a beloved Jamaican tradition, especially on Easter Monday, when hillsides and open fields fill with colourful kites. Children build their own from 'coconut boughs', paper, and 'kite paper', add a singing 'buzzer' and a long tail, and battle to cut down rivals' kites with glass-coated string.
Examples
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Easter Monday everybody deh a fly kite.
On Easter Monday everybody's flying kites.
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Wi mek wi own kite outta coconut bough an paper.
We made our own kite out of coconut branch and paper.
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Him kite have a buzzer weh sing inna di wind.
His kite has a buzzer that sings in the wind.
Origin
From 'kite' + 'flying'; the Easter-season kite tradition. See [[easter]], [[foreday-morning]].
How it’s used
The Easter (esp. Easter Monday) kite-flying tradition. See [[easter]].