Jamang ragrag — The falling Overcoat As a usual social visit, once or twice a year, the Baduy made a pilgrimage to the city of Jakarta. They went in a [...]
Why do I write about the Baduy of Indonesia? A friend of mine raised a skeptic question as why I chose the Baduy of Indonesia to be the project on [...]
(Pikukuh Adat, reinterpreted) The advent of technology that marks the modern civilization surrounding the Baduy Villages will eventually impact the unchanged ‘Pikukuh Adat.’ The Pikukuh Adat is the Kanekes’ unwritten [...]
It is just a talk about the Baduy, globally known as the Baduy of Indonesia. On my eyes, they are such a unique and interesting ‘Adat Community’ . Imagine how [...]
I am dedicating this blog on the Jakarta Post to the people of Kanekes, the Baduy of Indonesia. My aims are, among other, to raise public awareness of the cultural heritage of the Baduy, to make their issue reached the broader audience.
They have proved us for the millenia to be such harmonious, self-dependent villagers. Never on the Baduy history, happens thing of crimes that in our society are prevalent. Theirs is history of zero crime rate! They are guardian and steward of our forest.
