The Layang Layang Museum

The Layang Layang Museum is actually a kite museum. Another name for it, is the Pasir Gudang Kite Museum. It was opened to the public in February 2002 during the 7th Pasir Gudang Kite Festival. It was opened as an appreciation towards the contribution of Malysian and International kite flyers.
The museum houses a collection of traditional kite heritage known as the 'Wau'. The word 'Wau' is derived from the 'wouw' vocabulary whick means kite. The name is also derived from the sound made by the hummer of the kite at flight.
The main features of the kite are characterized by its head, tail and wing section. It takes alot of patience and hard work to make a nicely done kite. Hence it is not a fast and easy job.

Palm Oil plantation Pics

Reflection

From the Johor trip, I learnt a lot about malaysia's history and how palm oil is produced. I liked the palm oil plantation best as I found it very interesting. I didn't really find the oil palm mill smelly. I was surprised that oil palms could live up to 25 years. I originally thought they could only live a few years. The sultan's palace was beautiful and quite modern. I was shocked when i saw the Sultan's hunting room. The animals looked very life-like and it was hard to tell if they were real or fake. Some of the animals looked quite sad. You could see the bullet holes on some of the tigers.



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Oil palm plantation

We went to the oil palm museum last. There were 2 parts to the oil palm plantation. The first was the plantation, where they grow the oil palms. Oil palms can be harvested from the age of 3 years. If an oil palm is ripe, 5 seeds will drop when one of its palm fronds are cut. Oil palms are chopped down when they reach 25 years old. There are male, female and unisex oil palms. They are pollinated by bees. 6 months after the bees pollinate them, the fruits will appear. The center of the oil palm fruit is a white seed called a kernnel. The kernnel is usually used to make cosmetics.



At the oil palm mill, there is a strong smell. Trucks are weighed before and after they dump the oil palm fruits. The fruits are what they burn to produce oil. The fruits are cleaned with steam and the fruitlets are threshed after that to seperate them.

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Information of the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum

Introduction

Gawk at the lifestyle of the rich and famous, and learn about the majestic legacies and history of the Johor Sultanate. Wealth presents itself here in the form of nineteenth century currencies and gold coins, the first Johor postal stamps, antique furniture, silver-plated ceramics and Chinese pottery. Royal ceromonies, functions and investitures held in the magnificent chambers reflect the royal family's affluent lifestyle. Stately furnishings fill the reception room, banqueting hall and throne room, while a life-sized taxidermist1 tiger and rhinoceros reside within the trophy room.

taxidermist1 - the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form

The Museum Started

In the early 1990s, Johor's present ruler, His Majesty Sultan Iskandar, decided that members of the public should be given the opportunity to view the Royal Family's collection in a proper museum setting. His Majesty consented for the Grand Palace to be converted into a museum but concurrently it still serves the traditional royal and state royal ceromonial functions. Sultan Iskandar officially declared the museum open on May 11, 1990.

Housed within the museum are vast arrays of treasures, works of art, antiquities and furniture belonging to the Royal Family.

Other rooms within the Grand Palace display silverware, crystal ware, gold and silver jewerly, priceless vases, furniture, traditional Malay weapons, the State Regalia, a numismatic2 collection, silver trophies and other family treasures within their natural setting.

numismatic2 - with regards to coins, medals, paper and money etcetera

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Note

We would like to tell you that Sharifah Nur (34) wasn't present at the trip on 2 June 2010. She had a valid reason; illness with an MC of 4 days. However, she would help the group some way or another so it is a fair group project.

Shots of the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum

These are some extra shots and pictures of the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the museum due to security reasons.

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On the 2nd June, we visited Johor Bahru, Malaysia for a one-day Geography-History Learning Journey.

We visited three places, namely the Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum, the Kite Museum, and the Oil palm plantation and oil processing factory.

Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum

Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum

The museum, which was the Sultan's former Palace, was offically opened on the

11th of May 1990.

In the Museum,there were rooms such as:
1. Chamber of the royal council
2. Royal dining room
3. Children room
4. State bedroom and dressing room of the Sultanah
5. The anteroom
6. The reception room
7. Banqueting room
8. Throne room
9. Miscellaneous collection and hunting room

The Children Room:
In the children room, there are a few beds for the Sultan’s children. As there were no modern facilities such as toilets in the past, vase-looking porcelain containers, big and small, were used as toilet bowls and “basins” (for spitting) respectively. Those containers were to be cleared the next morning.

The Banqueting room:
The Banqueting room was the largest room of all, with several seats for the Sultan and His wives on a slightly raised platform. In front of the raised platform are the tables and chairs for the Sultan’s guests.

The Throne room:
The Throne room was specially built for Sultan Abu Bakar in the late 19th century. It was huge compare to the other rooms. There was a mirror built on the wall at the back of the Throne room. Many seats located in front of the Throne that was placed on a slightly raised platform.

All the rooms were elaborately decorated and there were many furnitures in each room.

The miscellaneous and hunting room/ The Dewan:
In the room, items such as:
- Trophies
- Medals
- Animals that were killed by the Sultans
- Crests
- Flags
- Gifts from other countries
- Gifts presented by different departments in the government
- Personal collection of items
- Seals


Trophies and medals:
Sultan Abu Bakar and Sultan Ibrahim were both skilled horsemen and ardent sports lovers. This explains why there are numerous medals and trophies won by the both of them.

Animals:
Sultan Ibrahim was also game hunter. There are a few of the animals that have been shot by him still kept in the museum.

Quick Facts:
- The rhinoceros was shot on the 23rd July 1928
- Animals such as tigers, rhinoceros, elephants, alligators and seledangs were preserved and well kept in the museum till today.
- Ostrich eggs, elephant legs, horse legs, and horns of animals were made into gifts for the royal people
- Sultan Ibrahim loved to keep wild animals as pets. He had tigers, wild cats, lions, and bears etc. as pets. His favourite pet was the a leopard named Amir.

Gifts:

The Sultan received many unique gifts from other countries such as Chinese tea sets, dragon vases. Also he received pen holders with the ink jars probably made from crystal and the tray probably made of silver.

There were also Olympic torches, wooden clocks, royal batons, and royal umbrellas found in the museum.

There were also antique vases and old stamps displayed in the Museum
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Photographs - Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Museum :

Done By: Luk Hui Xian (21) 2B