Bombardom (As Ngadanese Traditional Music Instrument)

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Bombardom

Bombardom is a traditional wind instrument in Ngada Regency that still exists until today’s modern generation. The Bombardom made of two types of bamboo in the local language is called Peri and Ila. Bamboos that are large (Peri) serves accommodate the air and small bamboo (Ila) function blowing air. Sound bamboo container made in two forms namely measuring 75 centimeters long and the short 53 centimeters. While bamboo blower noise (Ila) seven centimeters longer than the size of a large bamboo. The hole on large diameter of bamboo is about five centimeters. The Bombardom produces two types of sound those are baritone and soprano. 

The Bombardom is a musical instrument inherited from the ancient time until now. Since the last decades as a companion instrument to other instruments such as flute or Foy doa. In the days, the Bombardom is not familiar with modern instruments. The Bombardom is into a musical instrument that is always used by the community to accompany the songs in any event, for example during a visit by government officials to villages. Bombardom also used as a musical instrument in a prospective marriage partner before heading to church and greet after the return of the church. 

The Bombardom raw material is bamboo types of elves and small bamboo (Ila). These plants are still many in the region. The Tolelela village is a village as make the Bombardom musical instrument. On average people in the village are already skilled blew the Bombardom. Todays’ generation try to maintain and preserve the musical instrument Bombardom so as not eroded by the impact of globalization. Therefore, with the development of increasingly rapid technology along come the modern musical instruments of Bombardom. To make the traditional musical instruments exist, the local government have program to preserve the culture, a lot of parties or organizations began exploring the potential of culture and seek to revive the traditional musicals endangered. 

The Bombardom  is as the traditional admusical instrument with the community and traditional music lovers in Ngada is still survive especially in Jerebu’u sub-district. This community was ever got feel satisfied and proud of Bombardom MURI registered number 7091/R.MURI/IX/2015. The MURI record in a festival woodwind Bombardom involving participants in over 500 people that have popularized Bombardom to the whole world. 

(Adapted from http://tenyjehanas.blogspot.co.id/2016/02/alat - musik - tradisional-bombardom_.html)

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