A musical instrument.
It is made of an earthenware jar suspended upside down over the middle of a wooden board. The board is cut to form a point on one end similar to the percussion beams. On that end a rhythm is played with two sticks. On the other end a rhythm matching the first but different from it is played with a long stick. The person playing it stands and uses the stick like pounding rice. The tuntungan is hung up only at the end of the rice harvest - esp. if the harvest was good - for approx. one to two weeks. Hundreds of little “baskets” with rice tamu are cooked and hung up on the structure supporting the tuntungan. People go and get the rice when they are hungry. Some will feed their companions with it. When the harvest is completely finished a prayer ceremony is held. After that the tuntungan is taken down.