DRUM LARGEST IN THE WORLD

DRUM LARGEST IN THE WORLD

Drum world that sounded as a sign of prayer time, located within the Masjid Darul Muttaqien, square Purworejo, the drum is a great work of Muslims, whose creation was ordered by Duke Cokronagoro I, Regent Purworejo first known to be very concerned about the development of Islam ,

Beginning, Cokronagoro I really wanted to have a building of the Great Mosque in the city center as a center of religious activities while providing characteristic Islamiyah in Purworejo lead.

Then to the west of the town square adjacent to the residence Purworejo (pavilion) Regent, founded the Duchy of Grand Mosque which is now named Masjid Darul Muttaqien. This mosque was built on a Sunday, the 2nd month of the year Alip Java in 1762, coinciding with the date of 16 April 1834 M, as listed in the attached inscription above the main door of the mosque in the village / village Sindurjan.

To build this mosque seems Cokronagoro I do not want so long. He asked the experts to get the best wood as the main material to build a mosque. Built in the style of Javanese architecture shaped Cape jokes epitome of kerosene-like Grand Mosque of Solo Palace, the materials to make the main pillar of the mosque comes from teak bang which has branches of five to the age of hundreds of years and a diameter of more than 200 cm and reach tens meter.

On a land area of ​​approximately 8825 m2 mosque was finally standing majestically in downtown Purworejo as Setra proselytizing and religious Muslims.

Grandeur mosque pointless without the large number of pilgrims as the main condition of the mosque prosper. To that end, thought means "invite" the congregation to be heard as far as passing wasp drum as a sign of prayer before the call to prayer echoed time (when there was no megaphone).

Again Cokronagoro I ordered the making drum with a very large size with a view to thump sound of drum sounds as far as possible as calling Muslims to prayer time in congregation in the mosque is.

Raden Raden Tumenggung Patih Cokronagoro together Prawironagoro (Wedono Bragolan) who is also the younger brother of Cokronagoro I became executor of the task of making the Big drum. Just as materials for mosques using teak wood, big drum was also agreed upon is made from the base (stump) teak bang branched five (in the science of building Java / Fiber kaweruh Kalang, called teak Pendowo). The area where the teak tree is derived are Pendowo Hamlet, Village Bragolan, District Purwodadi.

That said, the oak used to make the drum was previously regarded as a sacred tree should not be cut down. However, because Islam does not recognize superstition, and at the behest of the Regent, the teak tree yamg centuries old was cut down as well.

Kyai Ershad a scholar of Loano also called Mbah Jonah finally cut down at once the myth of the sacred oak tree.

Drum sizes or specifications are: length 292 cm, 601 cm around the front, rear circumference 564 cm, 194 cm diameter of the front section, rear section 180 cm diameter. Ditabuh part of the drum is made of buffalo leather.

Drum-making are finally recorded as the largest in the world, was not as easy as it seems. Various obstacles must be passed so that it takes a long processing time. The scholars and the people involved in making this masterpiece always pray that gets ridlo of Allah SWT.

Finally in 1837, the biggest drum in the world is completed made and placed inside the Great Mosque Purworejo (now Masjid Darul Muttaqien) were beaten before the call to prayer as a sign of prayer time.

Until now the legacy of the work of Islamic history is well preserved and still sounded according to its function as a sign of prayer time. The visitors like never subsided went to Masjid Darul Muttaqien, watching from near the giant drum which has been recorded as a historical site that also gives meaning to the development of Islam in Java

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