Ciptagelar Village, Sukabumi
The Wisdom of Traditional Community of Ciptagelar Village, West Java
The Ciptagelar Village is famous for its cultural thanks giving
rituals of Seren Taun, a yearly post- harvest ceremony, usually done in August,
to express their gratitude towards the successful of their harvest.
The Seren Taun rituals have made Ciptagelar as one of the ‘must see
and visit’ cultural events and most appealing natural ecosystem in West Java.
It’s not just that. As one of the eight traditional villages in West Java,
Ciptagelar has its own magnetism – the subsistence and the wisdom.
As one of the Kasepuhan in Banten Kidul, located at 1200 m above the
sea level, administratively Kampung Ciptagelar is under the Cisolok
sub-district, Sukabumi Regency. However, what is said as traditional community
of Banten Kidul, it encompasses of a substantial area from Sukabumi and Bogor
to Pandeglang, West Java. Kasepuhan itself refers to a way of living based on
ancestral traditions to the local community who lives according to these
traditions.
The physical development of Ciptagelar is a bit controversy as it is
part of the Halimun National Park conservation. For instance, the road/pathway
from Ciptarasa to Ciptagelar constructed by the internal community were criticized
by the externals and were accused as destroying the forest.
Nevertheless, the Ciptagelar community will not chop the trees and
clear the forest carelessly, only as needed. They have a natural wisdom to
sustain the environment.
Kampung Ciptagelar was proclaimed as the first village connected to
the internet through the USO (Universal Service Obligation) program, a
government program to provide rural telecommunication services with the
objectives of reducing the isolation of rural regions, overcoming the digital
gap, achieving more equitable development, and maintaining the integrity of the
Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
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