Details Wau

Details wau

There are five basic components of a traditional Wau Wau which consists of the head, bow, or drone, Wau-wing, "torek" or the waist and tail Wau.

Wau traditional manufacturing techniques
Among the raw materials needed to make Wau are bamboo, rattan skin, gum of trees and other appropriate requirements to produce a Wau.

In addition, the expertise and skills are also key aspects to producing a quality Wau as expertise in the selection of raw materials, craft skills and knowledge in the field of aerodynamics. To ensure the Wau to be produced with quality raw materials like bamboo in particular should be selected more carefully.

So there are some tips and taboos that are involved when to cut and save the bamboo.

Tips and taboos selection of bamboo
1. Cluster [[bamboo]] must be in the high and airy,
not in the bush or orchard.
2. Choose a bamboo that looks dry, preferably in the middle of the hill.
3. Do not cut the young shoots of bamboo because bamboo has a lot of starch and are easily attacked by pests.
4. Bamboo is tilted toward the sun rising is better because of strong beliefs by the elders.
5. Hot and dry weather conditions are ideal for cutting down the bamboo as the mid-afternoon.
6. If you cut the bamboo in the morning, make sure loggers dense shadows.
7. Before cutting down the bamboo, are encouraged to read the prayers and blessings in advance
8. It is better to cut the bamboo have been destroyed on the spot.
9. Tip of the elders in Kelantan in bringing back the bamboo is harvested, will leave a message to The powder is, "Oh Sang powder, I lived right is your right, my right temple kelik this is mine, you follow the legal tok I am, you make Hok here. "

Bamboo Storage
Bamboo will be kept down for at least a year before the expression became the Wau. Usually a place of storage must be high to prevent the bamboo from the man passed.

Among the tips are used to ensure the resilience and strength of bamboo is: -
1. Bamboo is stored in wetlands or submerged in the mud.
2. Bamboo is planted in the sand and lit bonfires on it for an hour.
3. smoked pieces of bamboo in the fire.

Whittle reed
Bamboo should be in shape to remove the parts that are not needed, such as joint and skin. In addition the aim is to provide a balance of shape and weight of the wings of Wau. Special knives used to whittle and to be really keen to ensure that the work can be performed with ease and avoid mistakes.

Among the reeds to be in shape is as follows: -

1. Part of the spine in the shape of up to 1.0 centimeters with the soft and medium hard.
2. Parts of the wing blade in two halves in the shape up to 1.5 centimeters and more refined at the end of the stick blade of the palm.
3. The tail section has two parts must also be in the shape of 0.5 cm.
4. Faces of reed blades to the waist and shaped in a circle. Sharpener at the top is thinner and smaller in size it is 0.5 inches for easy set up.

After all the bamboo in the shape, then the process is that all the blades will be rubbed with sandpa