Buzzing Kite Village

NO. SITE : 45
Buzzing Kite Village
LocationDesa Kupang, Kecamatan Tapin Utara Kabupaten Tapin
CoordinateLatitud : 2° 56’ 27.30”
Longitud : 115° 8’ 52.20”
CharacteristicsNon-material Site
RouteNorth Route
FunctionsResearch and Education

Buzzing Kite Village is in Kupang Village, North Tapin District, Tapin Regency. It is 27 km from Batu Hapu Cave by motorcycle or car. Kites or in local language called Kalayangan. This is a tradition of the local community that has been carried out for decades ago, such a form of communication with the creator as gratitude for the harvest that has been obtained and becomes a prayer for next harvest will be better and avoid crop failure. When the large kite is being flown, it will emit a buzzing sound like a beetle, where the sound comes from a large bamboo segment. The bamboo that is attached to the kite and by the local community also called kumbang is batung bamboo type In preserving this tradition, every year in August-September (during the South wind) the dry season a Kalayangan Dandang Dengung Festival is held, usually takes place in agricultural land after harvesting, where the kites are.