Retail rates
butterfly design: Small (140 cm width) US$ 6.00/pc, Medium (180 cm width) US$ 8.50/pc, Large (200 cm
width) US$ 12.00/pc Serpent Design: Small (140 cm width) US$ 12.00/pc, Medium (180 cm width)
US$ 31.00/pc, Large (200 cm width) US$ 65.00 Bird Design: Small (140 cm width) US$ 6.00/pc,
Medium (180 cm width) US$ 8.50/pc, Large (200 cm width) US$ 12.00/pc Kaswari Bird Design:
Small (140 cm width) US$ 6.00/pc, Medium (180 cm width) US$ 8.50/pc, Large (200 cm width) US$ 12.00/pc
Flying a kite in Bali has been known from immemorial times. Flying
kite is not only for recreation of children but also adult or even
older people. Good time to fly kite in Bali are during July and
August. Bali has an even of kite festivals during that months. When
kite festival take place it is not only individual that participates
in the kite fetival but also groups, even villages. member of participant
from villages usually make a big kite, with the size sometimes more
then 10 meters. They must transport the kite to the festival field
with big truck and often block the traffice, causing complains that
make people late to arrive at their working place. A set of Bali
traditional music also follow the festival which makes the situation
so a bustling and deafning situation. Among the participants also
a great creativity in making their design of kites. The make any
shape from animal, motor bike, plane, and other traditional shapes
such as outline of fish, quadrangular pain, snakes are still remains
in the contest. The making of kite in Bali also aimed to be sold
to the market both domestic and international. Even today the production
of kite for sales is developed to a knock down construction to minimize
space dring transport. The construction of this type are almost
the sme for all designs, as the designs are taken from birds, bees,
boats, and other flying animals. The quality is usually grouped
into two categories such as better kites are printed with accrylic
and lower quality kites are printed by wall paint |