"Kentongan" Traditional Broadcast Communication Tools in the Village.

www.infoazzam.com. Kentongan is a tool that can sound out sounds according to the number of blows. This tool surely you all know and only in our country Indonesia I think, this tool is mostly made of bamboo and has a cavity or space inside that is used as a resonance chamber and makes a sound. Kentongan is a communication tool that has existed since a long time ago and as a reminder of villagers in several ways such as:

• Signs Entering Prayer (Usually combined with Bedug Musical Instruments) 
• Signs of Citizen Gathering (Usually if from the village administrator there are things you want to convey to residents)
• A sign of village security (usually sounded if there is a danger sign in the village)

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In this article I raised the title like the world of Communication which is now trendy with the presence of media Chat like Whatsapp, Blackberry Masanger, Line. This application is known as the Broadcast function, which is delivering messages to all contacts on a Smartphone.

Because of this the post title is "Kentongan Traditional Broadcast Communication Tools in the Village". I take the term Broadcast here because the actual function of Kentongan gives information to residents with a punch pattern. Each punch that is issued has a meaning understood by the village pangurus and its citizens as below:

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So all of you are in the village and hearing the sounds like the password above will know and understand the atmosphere of what is happening. So the conclusion is if you find this tool, don't just hit it. May be useful.