Denpasar Info, July Edition

In former times, playing kite was done to chase the bird on the rice field, happily. Now days, playing kite is expending, children and younger boy played this kite as hobbies, besides as culture preservation. It made a special interesting for the tourist, as an attraction to Denpasar city especially and Bali generally.

Playing kite is very popular in younger generation, because of the power and sense of friendship in which be formed kite player group (sekaa layangan). The meaning of playing kite full of religious valve and society life of Balinese people, and this can we see from the symbol of “ Sang Hyang Rare Angon “ as the god of wind.

The theme of 27th Bali Kite Festival 2005 is “ From the 27th Bali Kite Festival we arised self control for peace of Bali (Shanti)”, and this festival will take place 4 day.

Day/Date: July 28th to July 30th 2005
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Padang Galak Beach – East of Denpasar

The type of kite, as follows:
Bebean

It have the form of fish, as a symbol of property, in which fish is important for our life either for ceremony or daily needed for our meal, and there are abundant in our surrounding either at the sea, river, on the lake even the rice field.

Janggan

It’s a special kite, with a long tail about 200m and it has a special colour : red, black, white (Tri Datu), in Hindu religions as a symbol of “Benawang Nala/Naga Besuki “ which is mean “ the equilibrium of the universe”.

Pecukan

This kite has form like a carved, as a symbol of positive and negative (good and bad) but they should be needed each other and together making unity forever.

New Celebration

It has a special form, which is adjust to the owner or the committee…
For further information please contact:

MUSEUM SIDIK JARI
Jl. Hayam Wuruk No. 175 Denpasar
Phone : 0361 – 235115