City to hold kite festival

City to hold kite festival

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will hold a kite
festival at the National Monument (Monas) park, Central Jakarta
from June 30 to July 3. Various types of kites made by local and
foreign kitemakers will be flown.

The head of the city tourism agency, Fauzi Bowo, said
yesterday that the festival will be attended by kitemakers from
18 countries and from 27 provinces in Indonesia.

"A total of 100 local and foreign participants have confirmed
participation in the festival," Fauzi said.

USA, New Zealand, China and Singapore will send their best
kitemakers, he added. "They will demonstrate their creations as
well as hold workshops."

In effort to preserve traditional kite-making the organizer
will require local participants to take part in the class for
traditional and three-dimensional kites, he added.

Fauzi said that the Jakarta International Kite Festival '96
will continue on to Pangandaran in West Java, Kendari in
Southeast Sulawesi and Bali.

"The whole festival will last from June 30 until July 14," he
said. (yns)