ANCIENT WATER PARK KASWANGGA: Traces of Arkhais Water Technologies Ngawonggo Site

boldANCIENT WATER PARK KASWANGGA:
Traces of Arkhais Water Technologies Ngawonggo Site (Part I)

Viralitas News Social Media Archaeological Findings Ngawonggo Site Since four days ago (Monday, April 24, 2017), in the social media Face Book (FB) news broke about archaeological discoveries that allegedly as 'patirthan' in Jl. Nanasan Village Ngawonggo District Tajinan Malang Regency.

In fact, the ancient remains in the banks of the Mantenan River is not the first time the citizens have been found. For the people of Ngawonggo, especially middle-aged and above, they still have a memory of the existence of pacuran and rocky ponds on the banks of this river. Over the next four decades, especially since the residents' homes have wells, water ponds (patirthan) which until the 1970s were still used for bathing and taking clean water (ngangsu) were gradually abandoned, and therefore evaporated from their memories.

Once the soil surface above it erodes and fills the pond and covers the water supply and water supply ditch, hardly anyone is interested in using it. In the end, the 150-meter-long archaeological landscape of the Mantenan River's southern basin was overgrown with bushes, banana trees and even hardwoods and bolted with thick moss. Therefore, the discovery of a few days ago it seemed to be a new finding. On the other hand, some older citizens who had once seen and exploited it reminded their existence in the past few decades.

News uploaded to social media and then shared (shared) by individuals and community care-lovers of history in Malangraya was able to invite attention and become the subject of public discussion. Especially after the next day and two (on the 25th and 26th April of April 2017) a number of print media and on line preach it, the news of archaeological discovery is increasingly widespread.

On April 27, 2017, Kabid Seni-Budaya Disbupar Malang Regency and staff, Head of BPCB East Java and staff and press people from various print media, visual and on line - alert to immediately go down the field (site). At the same time, the Ngawoggo Village officials and Muspika Tajinan District accompanied the site, mingling between the visits of local villagers and some neighboring villages, from morning to evening flowing in despair of the ancient remains that most of them only knew.

This phenomenon illustrates that historically-archaeological remains remain in high demand for cross-age and cross-border audiences. Again, there is evidence that social media (medsos) has proved to have a strong influence on the public, including being able to mobilize the interest of citizens to visit new or discovered archaeological remains.

News of the findings on Ngawonggo Site, which first became news on FB, has been voiced, and subsequently became newsletters on other communications media (print, on line, visual / TV, etc.).