FORM FOLLOWS CULTURE

FARAH WAHIDAH BINTI PATHIA SAKTHI MANURUNG 2008401176

Understand Interpret

FORM FOLLOWS CULTURE

Manipulate Transform Apply Manage & Maintain

KNOW
Kite is a tethered aircraft Necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over and under the kite's wing, producing low pressure above the wing and high pressure below it. This deflection also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind

UNDERSTAND
Kite is heavy than air. Understand how and reason to fly a kite before making it. Kite is fly for recreation, art, cultural uses and practical uses (human flight, military applications, science and meteorology, radio aerials and light beacons, kite traction and power generation).

INTERPRET
Kite is defined as a light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.

MANIPULATE
There are many types of kite. (fighter kite, inflatable single-line kite, kytoon, man-lifting kite, stunt kite and water kite)

There are many design of kite (bermuda, bowed, box, chapi-chapi, delta, foil, malay kite, tetrahedral, etc.) rather than just simple diamond shape (flat kite).

TRANSFORM
Wau Bulan is a transformation of what we Malaysian did to intricately designed our moonkite which is traditionally flown by men in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. Named after the crescent moon-like shape of its lower section. The size of wau bulan is bigger than any other Malaysian traditional kite (2.5 wing span by 3.5 height)

It is richly decorated with colourful pattern of flower and leaves.

Kelantanese man flying Wau Bulan

APPLY
Based on a legend says that farmers used kites as a kind of flying scarecrows in the fields. The sound made by the kites lulled their children to sleep, so they could work with little interruption. Another popular belief is that coastal inhabitants once employed fishing kites made from palm leaves and fitted with a line and hook to catch fish. Now Wau Bulan is still played especially during harvest time because of strong wind loads with dry soil of the paddy field. Due to its importance towards our culture Wau Bulan is a strong symbolism describing Malaysia.

MANAGE AND MAINTAIN

Wau Bulan as symbolism of Malaysian culture.

Malaysian Airline System has chosen it as its logo, to symbolise controlled flight.
The reverse side of the fifty-cent coin of Malaysia (1989 series) features an intricately-decorated wau bulan with a hummer on top.