Lokaya Saha Lokayo Sri Lanka Kite Fest 20 August 2017

Vung Tau, Vietnam 6th 2015 International Kite Festival

This event had long occurred 22-27 April 2015. However, I wish to put it on record on this blog.


The opening ceremony


The Malaysian Team comprised of kiters from Kelantan and Johor




The Modern Wau Kuching @ Cats Kite in action


Preparing the Modern Wau Bulan for Night Flying

20th Pasir Gudang World Kite Festival 2015

My latest accomplishment was the National Champion in the Creative Kite 3D category. The theme for the competition was "Anniversary". The kite that I constructed was a three layered cake.

It is a combination of a ring and box kite concept made of ripstop sail and fibreglass rods.

Bener Meriah International Kite Festival, Aceh, Indonesia

Bener Meriah is a new district in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Since the airport at Bener Meriah was not in operation at that time, we took the trip to the festival by road from Medan. It was a long 13 hours trip on a 24 seater coaster before we finally reached our destination.

In celebrating Bener Meriah 4th anniversary, an international kite festival was held. When it was first held, few countries participated. The festival has now grown into a larger participation and held annually.

A squid kite

A ring kite

 

An Orang Utan Kite, a signature kite of Johore Kite Association, Malaysia

 

 

Children were treated to a Lollilop Drop by Malaysian Kiters

 

 

Visit to Laut Tawar (Fresh Water Sea) at Takengon, Aceh

 

Camphill Kite Festival, Pennsylvania, USA

I have already been back home from the US for a couple of months. But I just would like to put on record that Camp Hill Recreation Department had organised its Annual Kite Festival on May 20th 2012 from noon to 4 p.m. I was there with the Keystone Kiters flying their kites and my Wau Bulan. The festival was held at the Fiala Field soccer fields along Route 581, behind the Camp Hill United Methodist Church. The event was free and making a kite was free too.

There were more than fifty kites, big and small, flown. Wind was mild but we managed to get some easy flyers going.

P.S. : I really miss festivals in Malaysia where kites are flown by the hundreds; if not thousands; and the festivals lasted for several days. I look forward to make up what I have loss.

 

 

My First Kite Festival

The Johore International Kite Festival 2004 was the first kite festival I attended after developing an interest in making and flying Wau. That was my first step in a journey of one thousand miles.