jadi, kali ini gw coba masukin cerita yg sempat dulu gw tulis, pas masa - masa SMU, sesudah balik dari perjalanan seru ke Baduy :
TRIP TO BADUY
West java effectively surround the natons capital of Jakarta, provides visitors with a great number of fascinating and wonderful things to see and do. Among other ethnolinguistic group presents in Java, two are in somewhat marginal position, their representativrs living in secluded regions.
The enchanting and beautiful land of Parahyangan of Sunda stretches from the Sunda. Strait in the west to the borders of Central Java in the east. The region is primarily mountains, which rich green valley hugging loftly volcanic peaks and rainforest. As we know, rainforest are the world’s richest and most productive ecosystems, which containing half of all living species creatures.
Trip from the buzzing and hectic city, The Baduy Tribe, is the isolated communities in the remote area in Halimun Mountain Reserve. They maintain their simpe traditional values, rejecting all modern technology, resisted agricultural modernizations or interaction with outsiders and have also refused the threat to their and has prompt to do this.
The Baduy have maintained their animist practices and are considered representative of ancient Sundanese society. Having little relations with other people, they are divided into two groups, named Baduy Dalam and Baduy Luar. The first one are the most secluded, their territory being in principle forbidden to all outsiders.
The Baduy Community
The tribes I visited which has impressed me a lot along my trip with my family. This is my first trip together with my family long road from home in Jakarta, and made me feel very close to nature. A trip which unforgettable with a lot of fun and knowledge. This Baduy Tribe located in Banten, is an utterly unique and closed society, which can be reached via +12 km from Ciboleger village road.
The Baduy people belong to Sundanese ethnic group, and living in Lebak region, Banten province.
Our Journey
This trip is my dad’s idea. He want us to celebrate this new year together, close to nature, unforgettable and want us to learn something from this trip. At first, I cant imagine living in a remote area, with no electricity, and no soap for bathing.
Our long journey starts on Monday, December 30, 2002. We left our home at 02.00 Am drove directly to the “Wira Carita Hotel”, the place where pointed to be our basecamp. After a long ride, we arrived at hotel around 05.00 AM, then we took a rest for several hours before start the trip. We left hotel around 09.00 AM driving around 3 hours to Rangkasbitung, to arrange a permission to enter The Baduy Tribe area. Few hours late we all arrive to last village to park our car there. And the real trip is about to began at around 02.30 PM. Well, that was a hot sunny sunshine over our head of course. Hahaha, what a great time for tanning, I laugh to myself.
The path we pass was very difficult for us to get through, especially this is our first experience to do the trip up and down the hills like this. But then we made it in the end. We passed the road with full of joy (at least for me), while astonished with the beautiful views on our left and right side paths. We took a rest a lot and also drink a lot. Yes, we are exhausted. But such a miracle, after we take a rest and drink a coconut water, we got a new energy to move faster.
After a long road clamoring up, and down step, slippery and muddy footpaths because of last day rain, we laugh it loud, when one of us is slipped (Luckyly, we have our guide from the local Baduy, Pak Abdullah, to accompany and lead us to the better way, and help us when we slipped), past dry yellowish rice fields and through light secondary forest and bamboo glades, we arrive at the river’s edge, we arrive at around 06.00 PM at the first village of The Baduy, named Cibeo.
We cross the high bamboo bridge one by one, because we were too scared to move at the same time. Whereas in fact, as Pak Abdullah said, it is strong and safe, but still, we worried to cross it, with the wide and streamy river below us. The funny story cam from my mom, who got a phobia with high level. She almost cried for someone to help her cross the bridge, with the only one way she want to move, she is going to sit, and someone is going to push her on her back. This funny story still remain in our mind, when we talked about our baduy trip.
The bamboo bridge that crosses the stream marks the entrance to the territory of the Baduy Dalam, a community whose member are required to maintain a stringent degree of ritual purity in order to fulfill their task protecting and maintaining the sacred forest at the center of which is the Arca Damas (an ancient megalithic site that represents the navel of the universe and the source and origin of all life on earth). Outside in general and foreigners in particular are a polluting influence, and are permitted to enter the traditional lands only on sufferance or not at all.
Only indigenous Indonesians may enter the Baduy Dalam, and then only the chief’s permission, as the Baduy does not want their community to be turned into a tourism obced or a sideshow. They believe Baduy land is the most holy ain in Indonesia, so no outsiders may enter Baduy Dala, According to the tribe’s belief, Baduy Dalam is a sacred area, serving as a place of retreat and peaceful living without negative influences from the world outside.
To enter this very special Baduy area, one should obtain written permission from the Rangkasbitung District Office stating the purpose of the visit. At Ciboleger travelers should report to the official community mediator before entering the Baduy Dalam territory on foot. As I mention before, Paths are steep and slippery, so wear a good shoes, not sandal 9becouse it easily to broken. Visitors must be accompanied by a local guide. Visitor should expect to stay in Baduy style housing, and eat a very simple Indonesia food. Bathing an d toilet facility are extremely basic. One tips from me, is ask first to the local guide who accompany us, before using the camera, and respect his (because the most local guide will be a men) advice regarding your behaviour. Remember : When you visit the Baduy, you do so on their terms, not yours.
Pak Abdullah, our local guide asked us to stay in his home. His home consisted of a raised platform with a slatted floor and walls made of woven bamboo, divided into five section : the veranda, the guestroom, the storeroom, the storage space above the fireplace, and the main area, which also functioned as a bedroom. The roof made of sago palm leaves and thatch palm. Their furniture was made from bamboo. With the exception of a few basic cooking implements, all kitchen tools, were also handmade. And, there was of course no electricity, no running water, and no bathroom.
We had dinner together, they’d served rice with salt and cucumber, called “timun bonteng”. After dinner, part of us has gone to sleep while the rest still having chat about the life of the Baduy community. Several of them came into the house and starts joint to chat with us, while some of them showed their handicraft, which means for us to buy it as a souvenir. After a chat, some of us sleep in veranda, and enjoying our first time, sleeping with the stars (very bright, because of no electricity, we can saw a lot of them, like poured it in the sky) above our head.
After that night, I realize, how lucky and simple to be living like Baduy people. They live very close to nature, and the nature gave them a good condition of life. They never felt stress, obesity, cancer, never felt suffering with no food, because of nature gave them a fertile soil to maintain.
Trip from the buzzing and hectic city, The Baduy Tribe, is the isolated communities in the remote area in Halimun Mountain Reserve. They maintain their simpe traditional values, rejecting all modern technology, resisted agricultural modernizations or interaction with outsiders and have also refused the threat to their and has prompt to do this.
The Baduy have maintained their animist practices and are considered representative of ancient Sundanese society. Having little relations with other people, they are divided into two groups, named Baduy Dalam and Baduy Luar. The first one are the most secluded, their territory being in principle forbidden to all outsiders.
The Baduy Community
The tribes I visited which has impressed me a lot along my trip with my family. This is my first trip together with my family long road from home in Jakarta, and made me feel very close to nature. A trip which unforgettable with a lot of fun and knowledge. This Baduy Tribe located in Banten, is an utterly unique and closed society, which can be reached via +12 km from Ciboleger village road.
The Baduy people belong to Sundanese ethnic group, and living in Lebak region, Banten province.
Our Journey
This trip is my dad’s idea. He want us to celebrate this new year together, close to nature, unforgettable and want us to learn something from this trip. At first, I cant imagine living in a remote area, with no electricity, and no soap for bathing.
Our long journey starts on Monday, December 30, 2002. We left our home at 02.00 Am drove directly to the “Wira Carita Hotel”, the place where pointed to be our basecamp. After a long ride, we arrived at hotel around 05.00 AM, then we took a rest for several hours before start the trip. We left hotel around 09.00 AM driving around 3 hours to Rangkasbitung, to arrange a permission to enter The Baduy Tribe area. Few hours late we all arrive to last village to park our car there. And the real trip is about to began at around 02.30 PM. Well, that was a hot sunny sunshine over our head of course. Hahaha, what a great time for tanning, I laugh to myself.
The path we pass was very difficult for us to get through, especially this is our first experience to do the trip up and down the hills like this. But then we made it in the end. We passed the road with full of joy (at least for me), while astonished with the beautiful views on our left and right side paths. We took a rest a lot and also drink a lot. Yes, we are exhausted. But such a miracle, after we take a rest and drink a coconut water, we got a new energy to move faster.
After a long road clamoring up, and down step, slippery and muddy footpaths because of last day rain, we laugh it loud, when one of us is slipped (Luckyly, we have our guide from the local Baduy, Pak Abdullah, to accompany and lead us to the better way, and help us when we slipped), past dry yellowish rice fields and through light secondary forest and bamboo glades, we arrive at the river’s edge, we arrive at around 06.00 PM at the first village of The Baduy, named Cibeo.
We cross the high bamboo bridge one by one, because we were too scared to move at the same time. Whereas in fact, as Pak Abdullah said, it is strong and safe, but still, we worried to cross it, with the wide and streamy river below us. The funny story cam from my mom, who got a phobia with high level. She almost cried for someone to help her cross the bridge, with the only one way she want to move, she is going to sit, and someone is going to push her on her back. This funny story still remain in our mind, when we talked about our baduy trip.
The bamboo bridge that crosses the stream marks the entrance to the territory of the Baduy Dalam, a community whose member are required to maintain a stringent degree of ritual purity in order to fulfill their task protecting and maintaining the sacred forest at the center of which is the Arca Damas (an ancient megalithic site that represents the navel of the universe and the source and origin of all life on earth). Outside in general and foreigners in particular are a polluting influence, and are permitted to enter the traditional lands only on sufferance or not at all.
Only indigenous Indonesians may enter the Baduy Dalam, and then only the chief’s permission, as the Baduy does not want their community to be turned into a tourism obced or a sideshow. They believe Baduy land is the most holy ain in Indonesia, so no outsiders may enter Baduy Dala, According to the tribe’s belief, Baduy Dalam is a sacred area, serving as a place of retreat and peaceful living without negative influences from the world outside.
To enter this very special Baduy area, one should obtain written permission from the Rangkasbitung District Office stating the purpose of the visit. At Ciboleger travelers should report to the official community mediator before entering the Baduy Dalam territory on foot. As I mention before, Paths are steep and slippery, so wear a good shoes, not sandal 9becouse it easily to broken. Visitors must be accompanied by a local guide. Visitor should expect to stay in Baduy style housing, and eat a very simple Indonesia food. Bathing an d toilet facility are extremely basic. One tips from me, is ask first to the local guide who accompany us, before using the camera, and respect his (because the most local guide will be a men) advice regarding your behaviour. Remember : When you visit the Baduy, you do so on their terms, not yours.
Pak Abdullah, our local guide asked us to stay in his home. His home consisted of a raised platform with a slatted floor and walls made of woven bamboo, divided into five section : the veranda, the guestroom, the storeroom, the storage space above the fireplace, and the main area, which also functioned as a bedroom. The roof made of sago palm leaves and thatch palm. Their furniture was made from bamboo. With the exception of a few basic cooking implements, all kitchen tools, were also handmade. And, there was of course no electricity, no running water, and no bathroom.
We had dinner together, they’d served rice with salt and cucumber, called “timun bonteng”. After dinner, part of us has gone to sleep while the rest still having chat about the life of the Baduy community. Several of them came into the house and starts joint to chat with us, while some of them showed their handicraft, which means for us to buy it as a souvenir. After a chat, some of us sleep in veranda, and enjoying our first time, sleeping with the stars (very bright, because of no electricity, we can saw a lot of them, like poured it in the sky) above our head.
After that night, I realize, how lucky and simple to be living like Baduy people. They live very close to nature, and the nature gave them a good condition of life. They never felt stress, obesity, cancer, never felt suffering with no food, because of nature gave them a fertile soil to maintain.
In english, yes it is, karena bokap gw saat itu mengajak kita semua yang sudah pulang dari Baduy, untuk latihan bikin tulisan tentang perjalanan kemarin, dalam bahasa Inggris (maksudnya supaya kita jadi makin rajin nulis, belajar bercerita, sekaligus latihan bahasa inggris)..
Dan ini beberapa gambar yang berhasil gw dapatkan kembali, setelah bertahun - tahun teronggok begitu saja di komputer gw:
Gambar rumah suku Baduy. Gambar ini dilukis oleh sepupu gw, Timo
Ini gambar anak - anak Desa Cibeo dari Baduy Dalam yang sedang duduk di depan rumah tradisional suku Baduy
nah, klo ini beberapa foto yang duluuu banget gw scan.. ini pas kita sudah kembali lagi ke Rangkasbitung, setelah bermalam di baduy.
Thats it :D
ciao
