What is Suku Badui Dalam?

What is Suku Badui Dalam?

            In the Kanekes village Leuwidamar regency, West Java, Indonesia living some Indonesian that called ‘Suku Badui Dalam’. They are living with the old tradition. For man, their cloth called ‘Telekung’ that the material are from ‘Kain Kafan’ and for women their cloth called ‘Kemben’ that the material are  from “Kain Lunas”.

For the language, they are using Sunda Badui language. Suku Badui language is their own language. Some people didn’t understand their language. They also forbid the other people that aren’t suku Badui Dalam to enter their village or even talk with them.

Every day they are farmed with the old method and forbid using technology. They are farmed using mattock, using candle to create light, using wood to create fire and cook, using river to take a bath and using wood also straw to build a house.

They also forbid their child to go to school and even go to outside the village. Anyone who break the rule, they should left the village and forbidden to come back again. Their knowledge are from their Grandmother. They are can’t write, can’t read and even they don’t understand anything about technology.

They haven’t any religion, they believe that their God is Batara Tunggal that according to the legend, Batara Tunggal is their Grandmother. They also believe that Sanghyang Asri is Padi Goddess that should be regarded. When harvest season, they always do traditional ceremony for Sanghyang Asri to say thank you for the harvest and ask her to blessedness and happiness. They would played Angklung (it was like traditional music) and deliver the rice plant to the ‘Huma’. Beside Angklung, Badui Dalam people also give her a poem, traditional poetry and sing a song to show their regard for Sanghyang Asri. They believe that Sanghyang Asri is their Goddes that give them a life, blessedness and happiness.