KAGHATI KOLOPE

Kaghti kolope is a traditional kite of Muna which has uniqueness and it is the oldest kite in the world. This kite is unique because made of natural material such as kolope leaf (daun ubi hutan ), rami bamboo, and its thread from fibrous of pineapple. Kaghati kolope uses a mend from bamboo skin that has been pointed to connect each material of kite. As balance, it uses two hangers. At the left-right side of kite uses wood into small size. Kaghati kolope has been awarded as the most natural kite. Besides it has a lot of uniqueness, it is the oldest traditional kite of Indonesia. It was verified by Wolfgong Bick, a Counsultant of Kite Aerial Photography Scientific from Germany in 1997. He discovered a kite ( kaghati kolope form ) in the Sugipatini cave, Desa Liangkobori, Muna island. After compared based on its ages, Wolfgong Bick decided that Kaghati kolope was in Muna around 4.000 years ago or in prehistory period. Therefore, it called the oldest kite in the world and it is one of unique characteristics itself.