A kite sails by the American flag on Memory Mall at the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

A student attempts to keep their kite in the air on Memory Mall at the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Wesley James, second year Physics graduate student and Nicole Kogut, a junior health sciences major, tie up the strings on their kites in preparation to fly them on Memory Mall at the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Water balloons are present at the festival for students enjoy on Memory Mall at the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Students gather at the Pakistani Student Association’s main table in order to rent a kite to fly Memory Mall during the Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Water is provided for PSA members and students – they sit next to a frame created by the association for the photo booth nearby at the Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Maha Ateeq, Pakistani Student Association’s Secretary and junior health sciences major, hands out kites to students who have liked PSA’s social media in order to rent a kite to fly on Memory Mall during the Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Kites fill the sky over Memory Mall at the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Students and kites fill Memory Mall during the Pakistani Student Association’s Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Members of the Pakistani Student Association run around Memory Mall and throw water balloons at each other during the Basant Kite Festival on Friday afternoon.

Amna Tarique, senior biomedical sciences major, and Maha Ateeq, Pakistani Student Association’s Secretary and junior health sciences major, man the table where students can pick up a samosa or cookies for a small donation during the Basant Kite Festival on Memory Mall Friday afternoon.

Khunsha Syed, junior biomedical sciences major decorates students’ hands with henna for small donations for the Pakistani Students Association during the Basant Kite Flying Festival on Friday afternoon.

Henna is painted on to students’ hands for a small donation to the Pakistani Students Association during the Basant Kite Flying Festival on Friday afternoon.

Variations of kites fill the sky over Memory Mall during the Basant Kite Flying Festival on Friday afternoon.