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Buhun Tutunggulan Art

Traditional "Tutunggulan" art is often compared with gondang art, in fact in its implementation is different because if tutunggulan is not followed by songs or the simultaneouse quatrain whereas gondang used the song and tease. However the instrument and medium used are the same which the pestle and lisung.

The word tutunggulan is derived from words "nutu" that meanis "pounding" something. Something which is pounded that usually dry unhulled rice until becoming the rice, or from the rice to flour. To Pound unhulled rice til become rice usually is done by women between three to four people and the pestle swing concerning mortar that caused the typical voice, meaning that could be rhythmic, with the aim so that it will not be boring while pounding rice. This is carried out until the work is finished.

From the habit finally emerged art tutunggulan but when being played it do not pound rice but directy pound the pestle to mortar. From the pestle swing produced voices in accordance with the wish that who plays it. It is said that songs that come out of tutunggulan is like; the jumping monkey, striped snake, moonlight etc.. Each group has special kind of song.

Art tutunggulan is played by six people and is shown to the community whenever the occurrence of "samagaha" or is acknowledged as the lunar eclipse during the night or often is used to attract the resident in order to be present in the conference agenda at the village hall. Later, this traditional art was used to welcome the guest in a certain ceremony, usually the appointment ceremony of the project, the guest reception, etc.

Where did art buhun tutunggulan come from? It is the Wanayasa Kec Village community. Wanayasa Kab. Purwakarta became the pioneer of the emergence of buhun Tutunggulan art. And at this time there are three groups of the art player tutunggulan whom all of them are already old. To conserve this art, the Disbudpar Regency office of Purwakarta is holding regeneration through invitation efforts against the young generation and through trainings in the place especially being aimed at the community around the Wanayasa Village, as well as the holding of the Tutunggulan Art race each year by involving other subdistricts.

These efforts were meant to develop the peformer group of art tutunggulan so that it can flourish in the Regency of Purwakarta.