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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Kampung Naga


Kampung Naga is a village inhabited by a group of people who are very strong in holding the relics of ancestral customs. This will be obvious differences when compared with other communities outside of Kampung Naga. Kampung Naga community living in an institution that is conditioned in an atmosphere of simplicity and traditional wisdom inherent environment.

Kampung Naga is administratively located in the region Neglasari, District Salawu, Tasikmalaya District, West Java province, Indonesia. Location of Kampung Naga is not far from the highway that connects the city with the city of Garut Tasikmalaya.

The village is located in a fertile valley, with the boundary region, west of Kampung Naga is limited by the sacred forest in the forest because there are people in Kampung Naga ancestral tomb. In the south bordered by rice fields of the population, and to the north and east of the river bounded by Ciwulan the source water comes from Mount Cikuray in Garut district. Mileage from town to Kampung Naga Tasikmalaya approximately 30 miles, while from Garut city 26 kilometers away. To get to Kampung Naga from the highway Garut-Tasikmalaya had to descend the stairs that have been on the wall (Sundanese: sengked) until ketepi Ciwulan river with a slope of about 45 degrees with a distance of approximately 500 meters. Then melaluai Ciwulan footpath along the river until into Kampung Naga.

According to data from Neglasari, form the soil surface in the form of Kampung Naga hills with fertile soil productivity can be said. Kampung Naga land area is one hectare and a half, mostly used for housing, yards, ponds, and the rest is used for agriculture fields are harvested twice a year.

Kampung Naga population are Muslims all claim, but as other indigenous peoples they are also very obedient to hold the customs and beliefs of his ancestors. That is, although they express converted to Islam, Islamic law which they run a bit different from other Islamic faiths. For the people of Kampung Naga religion is very obedient in carrying on the legacy of ancestors. Umpanya pray five times: Dawn, Duhur, 'Asr, Mahrib, and the prayer of Jesus, is only done on Fridays. On other days they do not perform prayers five times a day. Teaching the Koran to children in Kampung Naga held on Monday night and Thursday night, while teaching for parents was held on Friday night. In doing the five pillars of Islam or Hajj, they assume do not have far to go to the Holy Land of Mecca, but simply by running a time Sasih intent ceremony coincided with Hari Raya Haji ie every 10th of Rayagung (Dhu al-Hijjah). Sasih intent of this ceremony according to Naga village community trust equal to Hari Raya Aidil Adha and Eid al-Fitr.

According to public confidence in Kampung Naga, by running the customs of ancestors meant to honor their ancestors or ancestor. Everything that comes not from the teachings of Kampung Naga ancestor, and something not done karuhunnya considered a taboo. When these things are done by people in Kampung Naga breaching customs, do not respect the ancestor, it will definitely cause havoc.

Kampung Naga people's confidence to the spirits still held strong. Believe there is jurig suey, which is an ethereal being who occupies the water or river, especially in the river ("Leuwi"). Then "ririwa" is an ethereal being who likes to disturb or frighten people at night, some are called "Kunti's son" is an ethereal being derived from pregnant women who died, she likes to interfere with a woman who is or will give birth. While the places to be a place of spiritual creatures that live by the people in Kampung Naga-called haunted places or sanget. Similarly, places like the tomb of Worship Eyang Singaparna, Earth Ageung and the mosque is a place considered sacred to the people in Kampung Naga.

Taboo, prohibition or pamali for the people in Kampung Naga is still carried out by obedient, especially in everyday life, particularly with regard to activities or pamali kehidupannya.pantangan an unwritten law that they uphold and obeyed by everyone. For example, building ordinances and forms of house, location, direction of the house, ceremonial clothing, art, and so forth.

Kampung Naga community home form must stage, the material of bamboo and wooden houses. The roof of the house must be from palm leaves, palm fiber, or reeds, floors should be made of bamboo or wood boards. Houses should face north or fence to the south with elongated East-West direction. Wall of the booth or woven bamboo with a wicker sasag. Houses should not be painted, unless limed or dimeni. Materials may not use the walls of the house, although able to make a house or building wall (gedong).

Houses should not be equipped with furniture, eg chairs, tables, and beds. Houses should not have doors on two opposite directions. Because according to public opinion Kampung Naga, rizki enters the house through the front door will not come out through the back door. To put it in the door, they always avoid installing a parallel leaf door in a straight line.

In the field of public art has Naga Kampung taboo taboo or performing art forms from outside the village of Naga such as puppet show, dangdut, martial arts, and other arts that use waditra goong. While the artistic heritage which is the people in Kampung Naga is Terbangan, angklung, outs, and rengkong. Arts outs now rarely performed, while the art was not known rengkong again mainly by the younger generation. But for people who want to watch Kampung Naga puppet arts, martial arts, and so allowed the arts are performed outside the territory of Kampung Naga.

As for other restrictions or taboos that are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Naga village community are prohibited from talking about the customs and the origin of Naga village. Highly respected people in Kampung Naga Worship Singaparna grandparent who is the origin of people in Kampung Naga. Meanwhile, in Tasikmalaya is a place called Singaparna, Community Kampung Naga Galunggung call it that name, because the word Singaparna Singaparna name adjacent to the ancestral village of Naga society.

Kampung Naga public confidence in the system of space manifested in the belief that space or the places that have a certain extent controlled by certain forces as well. Place or region that has borders with different categories such as river boundary, the boundary between the front yard to the road, somewhere between paddies with ditches, where water began to enter or called huluwotan, places the hillside, where the settlement with the forest, and so on, are places inhabited by certain forces. Areas that have certain limits are fine creatures inhabited and considered haunted or sanget. That is why in that area people in Kampung Naga prefer to keep "sasajen" (offerings).

Kampung Naga people's confidence with respect to time their confidence will be realized in the so-called palintangan. At certain moments there is the moon or time that is bad, taboo or taboo to carry out jobs which is very important as building a house, marriage, hitanan, and traditional ceremonies. The time is considered taboo is called the ban months. Prohibition month on month fall and the moon Rhamadhan Sapar. In the months that are forbidden or taboo held a ceremony because it coincided with a retreat ceremony. In addition, the calculation determines a good day based on that fateful day in each month.


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