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Slingshot: glorifying a traditional game

Jakarta, IO – Millennials are probably estranged from the use of a slingshot, a popular toy back in the 80s and 90s, used to hunt down some small animals. Fell off the radar; this cross-generation game has apparently been categorized into traditional Indonesian sports. With its own eccentricity, the slingshot sport seeks to accurately target aims. 

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General Chairperson of Perkatin, Pitung, training his members to shoot bullets made of iron ore at the right target. (IO/Pramita Hendra)

To uplift the slingshot game into the community, members of the slingshot community of Tanjung Barat Bersatu (Katababe) conducted a slingshot shooting practice in the Tanjung Barat area, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, Sunday (6/26/2022). 

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