5 Exciting Portraits Of Visiting The Kite Museum In South Jakarta, Perfect For City Vacations

Kite Museum (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - School holidays are the most awaited day for children. Parents can spend the even semester 2021/2022 school holidays, not only shopping centers, traveling to museums can also be an option.

The DKI Jakarta area is the city with the most museum locations in Indonesia. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of DKI Jakarta Province on its official website released more than 70 museums that can be visited by the public.

Visiting the museum not only gets many benefits of dexterity and creativity, visiting the museum can also get a lot of knowledge and histories that can later be used as provisions when entering the new school year.

"I deliberately took the children to the Kite Museum because I wanted to provide a useful vacation. So, when they enter school later they can tell about their vacation experiences," said a resident of Solo who deliberately visited the Kite Museum, Winda Surci quoted from AMONG.

The Kite Museum can indeed be an option for parents who want to take their children on vacation.

Not only seeing various types of kites in Indonesia and also abroad, visitors are also directly invited to make kites directly that can be brought home to be played. By paying an entrance ticket for Rp. 20 thousand for children and Rp. 25 for adult visitors, this museum will presents many things that are not usually done at home or at school.

"By paying for a ticket, visitors will be able to enjoy three activities, firstly watching a kite history film, then there is a museum tour to get to know more about kites and finally they will be taught to make kites out of paper that they draw later," he explained. Kite Museum tour guide, Asep Irawan.

Museum atmosphere

The museum building which stands on an area of 2,750 m2 is filled with lush trees with buildings in Balinese and Javanese architectural styles, so that the beautiful atmosphere is clearly visible and visitors feel they are not in the south of the capital city of Jakarta.

The museum which was inaugurated by the Minister of Culture and Tourism I Gede Ardika on March 21, 2003, is the first kite museum in Indonesia.

"The existence of the Kite Museum is to preserve the treasures of Indonesian culture through kite art," said Asep.

Before being established as a museum, the owner named Endang W Puspoyo initially focused on the field of beauty. Endang also opened a kite gallery first. Incidentally, Endang is very fond and happy with the world of kites. In the 1990s, Endang often invited kite artists from various regions to take part in festivals to bring kite art to life in Indonesia.

It was from these artists that Endang got a lot of kites, those who came donated a lot to be displayed in the museum and some also sold their art after the festival ended.

"Those who take part in the festival, not all of their kites are taken home, some are sold for return fees and some are donated to be displayed in the gallery," said Asep.

"As the number of kites increased, Endang's mother had the idea to open this museum," he added.

Present a variety of kites

The Kite Museum does not only store works of art from kite artists from various regions in Indonesia, in this pavilion-shaped building, there are many kites from world artists.

This pavilion-shaped building is filled with unique kites from various countries in the world, from the smallest measuring 2cm to the largest reaching 5x3 m.

"This museum also has kites that have a length of up to 100 m, but they don't fit when displayed," he said.

Asep, who also works as a kite artist, explained that this museum keeps a large collection of kites from various countries as souvenirs when visiting kite festivals held in various countries.

"Usually we exchange kites when we go there or they come here, some of which are also donated to the museum," he said. In this pavilion which has a wooden floor, at least 20 collections of kites from various foreign countries are exhibited.

This is to emphasize that kites are not only popular in Indonesia, but also loved by the global community.

"The Kite Museum also stores kites from abroad such as Turkey, the Netherlands, South Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Sweden and also from France," he said.

What's even more interesting is that it doesn't only have a variety of kites from abroad. The Kite Museum also has a replica of the first kite in Indonesia.

This 57-year-old man said that a kite made from natural materials, namely using kolope leaves and having a diamond shape, came from the Muna Island area, Southeast Sulawesi.

The process of making kites, which took 3-7 days, was actually used by early humans to seek God.

“Historically the first in Indonesia, there is even a study that this kite is the first in the world. What is here is only a replica. According to history, ancient people flew the kite to look for God, but they failed to find it," he said.

For information, the Kite Museum is located on Jalan H Kamang, Pondok Labu, South Jakarta. This museum has many activities for visitors, such as painting, making kites, painting umbrellas, to watching the history of kites.