It is used as practice for the real agung: players either use either one agung a tamlang (hold it with one hand and using the other to strike it with a beater) or using two agung a tamlangs where the other agung is held with one’s feet.
It serves as training for the real agung: players employ either one agung a tamlang (holding it with one hand and striking it with a beater) or two agung a tamlangs, where the other agung is held by the feet.