Silih Asah
Silih Asih
Silih Asuh
This poetic word is not random poet, but rather as life philosophy, but rather as life philosophy which is followed by majority of west java citizen. This philosophy teach human to take care each other, based on love and share the knowledge and experience each other. The truth is a life Democritus’s concept which is rooted in awareness and nobleness of intelligence and this philosophies root is stab for to the earth in literal meaning. Different with other civilization’s people in Indonesia archipelago, West Java’s civilization’s people which has original citizen and speaks Sudanese is influenced by fertile and nature world. That’s why in social interaction, the citizen there follow that philosophy.
Beside they can be intimate with nature environment and other human. Sudanese also close by the God who is created them and universe or the place where they lives (triangle of life). Intimacy sundae people with the environment show how the West Java people especially in village protect the preservation environment. In this province, there are many of citizens as their initiative take care their nature environment.
Intimacy Java people to God cause the people there is relative as known as religious people who are holding firmly to their religious value and believe. It is Islam which has the most followers. Next are Christian (catholic and protestant), Hindu, Buddhist, and other. Nevertheless, in process of daily life, West Java people is relative open when they interaction with new value which is secular inclined in one dynamic interaction process and harmonize. Improvement of life’s quality and harmony of religious follower is draw by the increase of religion place. The numbers of mosque are increase from 43.005 in 2004 to 50.339 mosque in 2005. The numbers of church are 1536 to 1629 church. The numbers of Catholic Church or chapels are 50 chapels to 110 chapels. The numbers of shrine or temple are 24 temples and the number of bushiest monastery or pagodas are 171 to 181 pagodas.
West Java’s culture is dominated by Sunda. Their tradition customs which are full of Pasundan world treasure and become the culture reflection there. The territory regulation of West Java’s culture are include the care of language, literature and traditional letter, art, archipelago and their history, traditional values and also the museum as the part of culture management, and the tourism which is based on culture and shows the West Java’s culture art are ready to show and it has economic value.
To perpetuate West Java’s culture, Local government decides the 12 culture village. They are special village which is order to the importance of perpetuate culture in traditional form or in traditional house. These culture villages are:
1. Cikondan quarters, Lamajang village, Pangalengan district, Bandung regent house;
2. Mahmud quarters, Mekar Rahayu village, Margaasih district, Bandung regent house;
3. Kuta quarters, Karangpaninggal village, Tembaksari district, Ciamis regent house;
4. Gede Kasepuhan Cipta Gelar quarters, Sirnaresmi village, Cisolok district, Sukabumi regent house;
5. Dukuh quarters, Cijamba village, Cikelet district, Garut regent house;
6. Pulo quarters, Cangkuang village, Leles district, Garut regent house;
7. Ciburuy Traditional quarters, Palamayan village, Bayongbong district, Garut regent house;
8. Naga quarters. Neglasari village, Salawu district, Tasikmalaya regent house;
9. Urug quarters, Kiarapandak village, Sukajaya district, Bogor regent house;
10. Citalang Tradition House, Citalang village, Purwakarta district, Purwakarta regent house;
11. Lengkong Tradition House, Lengkong village, Garangwangi district, Kuningan regent house;
12. Panjalin Tradition House, Panjalin village, Sumberjaya district, Majalengka regent house.
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