GASING EDITION
A gasing is a giant spinning top that weights approximately 5kg or 10lbs and may be as large as a dinner plate. Ots traditionally played before the rice harvest festival. This game requires strength and good body coordination and an excellent skill.
The top is set spinning by unfurting a rope that has been wound in circle around it. The is it scooped off the ground, whilst and spinning, using a wooden bat with a centre slit and transferred onto a low position with a metal receptacle. If expertly hurled, it can spin for up to 2 hours.
Gasing Panda indicates the strength and coordination. While we are talking about protect the environment and nature conservation, we must assure to practice what we preach. Even with a small starts, will accomplish greater thing as long as keep on continue and maintain doing it.
HIBISCUS EDITION
The hibiscus is also the metaphor of the endless growing of nation and country Malaysia; the five pedals represent the Malaysia "rukun negara" which is the five national principals, i.e. "believe in God, loyalty to the king and country, supremacy of constitution, rules of law, courtesy and morality."
In terms of her, who is the sign of courage and power of living; modern people who have had a lot of understand and knowlwdge on environmental perseverance, government and civil organizations had continuously promote green living and the concept of sustainability, but at the same time high-tech industry produce their new product every next moment and encourage the consumers to consume, leading to a large wasting of resources.
The work of caring, requires a courageous step of you to take on, to maintain the living power of our great motherly land.
WAYANG KULIT EDITION
Puppet-Shadow play is a kind of traditional drama, it is as interesting as puppet drama, unpredictable as shadow drama, simple but attractive without annoying. The flat puppet is initially made by meticulously curving, and then drawing with handmade. The material ised is either cattle skin or buffalo skin.
Every puppet is design in an extraordinary form of person, and given a unique face, its arms are like the lining puppet which can move freely. The Puppet-shadow play usually talks about the ancient India myths, only one performer who is called "the interpreter" (Tok Dalang).
In terms of her, who is flexible and vivid; environmental perseverance and animal caring is not a redponsibility by this generation alone, it needs to be passed on generation by generation.
"1600 Pandas" is not only want this generation to know that, the crisis of animal facing extinction, but also let the generation passing on and on this idea, through the vivid and flexible ways.
CONGKAK EDITION
Congkak is the game of mathematic and played by women filks since ancient time and the game only required of few holes dug on land surface and a tamarind seeds or rubber trees seeds.
Today, congkak game can be played on a solid wood block in oval shape with 2 rows that consist of more less of 5, 7 or 9 holes, and a 2 extra large hole at the ends called "Home". It can be played with shells, marbles, pebbles, tamarind seeds or rubber trees seeds.
Panda Congkak, represents wisdom and friendship. Human these days always proclaimed themselves as the dictatorial, and the leader of all living things, and attempt to tame every single creature on planet or even try to take control of the mother nature earth but always appears their weaknesses of ignorance when facing to nature wellbeing.
Animal are knowns as human best friend, and we need to coexistence with these creatures since it is the best way to achieve the eternal life of our planet earth.
WAU EDITION
A wau is traditional kite that is very popular especially in the state of Kelantan, East Coast Malaysia. It traditionally flown after the rice harvest season, and this giant kite is often seen as big as human size, measuring about 3.5 meters form head to tail.
It is called Wau because it shape is similar to the Arabic letter, which pronounced as "Wow". With its vibrant colour and the patterns based on mostly local flora and fauna, these kites are truly splendid sights.
Panda Wau represents a gentle and perseverance. We can still enjoy the beauty of a stray birds flying through endless sky and swimming fish in our river or sea today, yet we would not know that one day the blue sky may covered by dark smokes and clear water turn into wastewater.
Mother Earth has its particular lifespan. Humankind has to protect and appreciate our planet before it is too late.
BECA EDITION
A tricycle is a three-wheeled and human-powered vehicle, it used to be most popular mode of transport throughout the states in old days, but now can only be seen in Penang and Malaka State. Most common tricycle is made up of headstock and bodywork. The headstock normally included a direction handles, handbrake and a driver's seat, the cycle bodywork contains a seating area to carry passengers.
Some of the tricycles are different in structure, in which the seating area may appears in the back or aside.
It is not hard to control a tricycle, but it's not easy to ride as a tricycle driver using both the leg-strength and waist-strength and endurance. Nature conservative is not a modern mission, while the ancient Chinese post wrote a poem to express the concern of living creature: "Do not cook the geese which is resting beside the pond, Flying-geese are our brothers." This poem advises people not to cook geese but to taking care of them like brothers because geese fly in V-shaped (which also represent "human" in Chinese word).
BADMINTON EDITION
Badminton is Malaysia's most successful sport category in the world. Malaysian players make their country well-known through badminton. The success of a sport depends on the country's training as well as individual's determination and willpower, both are equal essential.
Badminton-Panda, represent the spirit of perseverance and endurance; there are always challenges and setbacks on the journey of environmental caring and perseverance, and determination as well as willpower are definitely needed to continue the efforts.
If we do not show our responsibility and concerns starting from today. it will be too late for us in future, and even we work out on it one day, there will be too late for everybody to take part in conservation and sustainability of nature and wildlife.
CHENG HO EDITION
In the year 1405, which is Ming Dynasty 2nd year Yong Le, Emperor Ming Cheng Zu commanded concubine Cheng Ho to lead a huge fleet of ships, consisted of over 240 ships and 27,400 sea pilots, to visit over 30 country and area in west pacific and India ocean, in which had strengthened the friendship among those countries in south sea (today south east asia) and east Africa, with EMpire of Ming Dynasty.
They departed every time at the Port LiuJia in Suzhou until the year 1433 (8th year of Ming Xuan Del, to which Cheng Ho had been arriving at Gu Li on his home sailing in the 4th month of Xuan De, he passed away because of sickness on board. This is the last travel out of altogether seven long-distance sailing.
Chen Ho is the pioneer of the world great sailing era, Chen Ho's visit to the West ocean is the peak performance of the present sailing career, no one even can achieve his goal in the next few hundred years.
In terms of her, who represent the strength and the smart; the lives on earth are equal, every single life comes to the earth, no matter how poor and little or how strong it is, it always be given the right to survive.
Every single life will treasure its body no matter big or small, they will never give up easily as long as there is still a small chance to live; comparing heart to heart, human do so, nothing different done by the other creatures, isn't it?