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Tuddukat from West Sumatra
According to anthropologist from Padang’s Andalas University, Dr. Mascota Delfi, tuddukat is a tool used by the Mentawai community to announce good news and sad news. A tuddukat produces sounds when it is struck.
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In the future, the tool can potentially be used to alert people when there is a natural disaster, he said. However, there will be a need for some creativity to ensure the sound can be commonly understood, he added.
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Gampiri from Central Sulawesi
One of the concepts of local-based mitigation in Central Sulawesi province is the preparation of gampiri or food barns in every village in the region, culturalist from the province, Iksam Djorimi, informed. The building of food barns is aimed at anticipating food crises that can occur at any time, such as during a pandemic affecting all parts of the world, he explained.
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Story-telling from Aceh
The mitigation capabilities of the Simeulue people of Aceh cannot be separated from their knowledge of linon and smong or earthquake and tsunami, which ravaged the Simeulue region in 1907, or 115 years ago. The stories of disasters that claimed the lives of many humans and livestock were related for generations in the Simeulue area, so they stuck in the mind of every individual living in Simeulue.
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