Traditional Games

Kite

A kite is a thin sheet of skeletal material that is flown into the air and connected to a rope or thread to the mainland or the controller. Kites use the power of wind gusts as a lifting tool and are widely known throughout the world as a game tool. In addition to being one of the games that are often played by children and adults, kites are believed to also have ritual functions such as tools for fishing or trapping, becoming scientific research aids, and alternative energy media. Theres are various types of kite games, in sundanese kites as maen langlayangan. Although the most common are decorative kites if in betawi it is called koang and kites fight match. In addition, there are also kites that are given a filter and can make a sound due to wind gusts.

Kite games usually played by children during transition period because of the strong wind blowing at that time will make the kites fly high. In west java, lampung and several other places in Indonesia, kites are used as fishing aids. This kite is made of woven leaves of a certain type of orchid and is connected with a hook. Whereas in Pangandaran and several other places for example, kites are fitted with snares which are useful for catching kalong or bats. Giants kites from synthetic materials have now been tried to be a tool to save on the use of transport vessels. When the wind blows hard, the ship will spread a giant screen like a kite that will “pull” the ship so that it saves fuel use in the sea.

traditional kite game