Ohashi in Lombok 1995

On the last kite festival of the Sari's Flying Circus tour in 1995; the one in the crater of Mt. Bromo, I saw a kite that I fell in love with. It was a simple wing and the kite skin was made of the skin from the banana plant. The kite fliers were from the island of Lombok (next island east of Bali). The kite was called Layang Goang [kite that makes sound].
The famous kite maker Eiji Ohashi, Japan, also liked this kite very much. Later, when we had arrived in Bali, I organized a day trip to Lombok for Mr. and Mrs. Ohasi and me for a short visit to the village Lendang Nanka where the kite maker lived. The school teacher Mr. H. Radiah, who spoke good English, gave a short demonstration on how to prepare the skin from the banana plant and also showed how to make a kite of a leaf.