People Kanekes/Baduy

The person or persons Kanekes Bedouin / Bedouin is a group of indigenous peoples in the region Sundanese Lebak, Banten. Their population is around 5,000 to 8,000 people, and they are one of the tribes that implement isolation from the outside world. In addition they also have the confidence taboo to be photographed.

Etymology
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The name "Bedouin" is the name given by residents outside the community, the term originated from the Dutch researchers who seem to equate them with Badawi Arab group which is a community of mobile (nomadic). Another possibility is due to the River and Mountain Bedouin Bedouin in the northern part of the region. They themselves prefer to call themselves urang Kanekes or "people Kanekes" in accordance with the name of their territory, or a designation that refers to the name of their village as Urang Cibeo (Garna, 1993).

Region
Kanekes region is geographically located at coordinates 6 ° 27'27 "- 6 ° 30'0" latitude and 108 ° 3'9 "- 106 ° 4'55" BT (Permana, 2001). They live right at the foot of the mountains in the village Kendeng Kanekes, Leuwidamar District, District-Rangkasbitung Lebak, Banten, is about 40 km from the city Rangkasbitung. Areas that are part of the Mountains Kendeng with altitude 300-600 m above sea level (DPL) has a hilly and undulating topography with an average slope of the soil reaches 45%, which is a volcanic soil (in the north), soil sediment (in the middle), and soil mixture (in the south). average temperature of 20 ° C.

The three main villages are people Kanekes In Cikeusik, CIkertawana, and Cibeo.

Language
Bahasa yang mereka gunakan adalah Bahasa Sunda dialek Sunda–Banten. Untuk berkomunikasi dengan penduduk luar mereka lancar menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia, walaupun mereka tidak mendapatkan pengetahuan tersebut dari sekolah. Orang Kanekes Dalam tidak mengenal budaya tulis, sehingga adat-istiadat, kepercayaan/agama, dan cerita nenek moyang hanya tersimpan di dalam tuturan lisan saja.

Orang Kanekes tidak mengenal sekolah, karena pendidikan formal berlawanan dengan adat-istiadat mereka. Mereka menolak usulan pemerintah untuk membangun fasilitas sekolah di desa-desa mereka. Bahkan hingga hari ini, walaupun sejak era Suharto pemerintah telah berusaha memaksa mereka untuk mengubah cara hidupmereka dan membangun fasilitas sekolah modern di wilayah mereka, orang Kanekes masih menolak usaha pemerintah tersebut. Akibatnya, mayoritas orang Kanekes tidak dapat membaca atau menulis menggambar.


Community Groups
People Kanekes still has historic links with the Sundanese. Physical appearance and their language is similar to the Sundanese people in general. The only difference is the belief and their way of life. People Kanekes shut out the influence of the outside world and strictly maintain their traditional way of life, while the Sundanese are more open to foreign influence and the majority embraced Islam.

Kanekes society in general is divided into three groups: tangtu, panamping, and dangka (Permana, 2001).

Tangtu group is a group known as Kanekes In (In the Bedouin), who most closely follow the custom, namely residents living in three villages: Cibeo, Cikertawana, and Cikeusik. Characteristic Kanekes People are dressed in white, natural and dark blue and wearing a white headband. They were forbidden by custom to meet with a stranger (non-citizen)

Kanekes In is part of the whole person Kanekes. Unlike Kanekes Outside, residents Kanekes In still adhere to customs of their ancestors.

Most of the rules adopted by the tribe Kanekes In include:

    Not allowed to use vehicles for transportation
    Not allowed to use footwear
    Door of the house should face north / south (except the house Pu'un or katuas)
    Prohibition of use of electronic tools (technology)
    Using a cloth, black / white as the clothes are woven and sewn himself, and not allowed to use modern clothing.

The second community group called panamping are those known as Kanekes Outer (Outer Baduy), who lived in various villages scattered around the region Kanekes In, like Cikadu, Kaduketuk, Kadukolot, Gajeboh, Cisagu, and so forth. Community Kanekes Foreign distinctively dressed and black headband.

Foreign Kanekes are people who have come out of peoples and regions Kanekes In. There are several things that cause the release of citizens to Kanekes Kanekes In Outer:

    They have violated customary society Kanekes In.
    Desiring to get out of Kanekes In
    Married to a member of Foreign Kanekes

The characteristics of the people Kanekes Foreign

    They have known technologies, such as electronic equipment, although its use remains a ban for every citizen Kanekes, including residents of Foreign Kanekes. They use the equipment in a way secretly to escape detection for superintendent of Kanekes In.
    The process of building houses for Foreign Kanekes been using assistive devices, such as saws, hammers, nails, etc., which previously prohibited by customary Kanekes In.
    Using traditional dress with black or dark blue (for men), indicating that they are not holy. Sometimes the use of modern clothing like shirts and jeans.
    Using modern household appliances, such as mattresses, pillows, plates & cups glass & plastic.
    They live outside the area Kanekes In.

If Kanekes Inner and Outer Kanekes Kanekes lived in the area, then "Kanekes Dangka" Kanekes live outside the area, and currently resides in the remaining two villages, namely Padawaras (Cibengkung) and Sirahdayeuh (Cihandam). Dangka village serves as a sort of buffer zone of influence from outside (Permana, 2001).


The Origins
According to the beliefs they hold, people claiming descent from Batara Kanekes roots, one of the seven gods or a god who is sent to earth. The origin is often attributed to the Prophet Adam as the first ancestors. According to their belief, Adam and his descendants, including residents Kanekes have duty or ascetic asceticism (mandita) to maintain the harmony of the world.

Opinions about the origin of the Kanekes different opinion among the historians, who based his opinion by way of synthesis of some historical evidence in the form of inscriptions, travelogues Portuguese sailors and China, as well as the folklore of the 'Tatar Sunda' fairly minimal existence. Community Kanekes associated with the Kingdom of Sunda before its collapse in the 16th century centered on Pakuan Pajajaran (around Bogor now). Before the founding of the Sultanate of Banten, the western tip of Java island is an important part of the Kingdom of Sunda. Bantam is a fairly large trading port. Ciujung rivers are navigable various types of boats, and crowded is used to transport crops from the interior. Thus the ruler of the region, known as Prince shoots General considers that the sustainability of the river should be maintained. For that diperintahkanlah royal army of highly trained to maintain and manage the heavily wooded and hilly areas in the region of Mount Kendeng. The existence of a special task forces with the Society seems to be the forerunner of Kanekes that still inhabit the headwaters on Mount Kendeng Ciujung the (Adimihardja, 2000). Differences of opinion was brought to the allegation that in the past, their historical identity and accidentally closed, which is probably to protect themselves from attacks Kanekes communities enemies Pajajaran.

Van Tricht, a physician who had conducted health research in 1928, refuting the theory. According to him, people Kanekes is a native of the area that have a strong thrust to external influences (Garna, 1993b: 146). Kanekes own people even refuse to say that they are from people escape from Pajajaran, the capital of the Kingdom of Sunda. According Danasasmita and Djatisunda (1986: 4-5) is the local Bedouin people who made mandala '(sacred area) formally by the king, because the population is obliged to raise kabuyutan (where ancestor worship or ancestor), rather than Hinduism or Buddhism. Principal in this area known as Jati Sunda kabuyutan or 'Sunda Asli' or Sundanese Wiwitan (wiwitan = original, origin, principal, teak). Hence their original religion was named Sunda Wiwitan. The king who makes the Bedouin as a mandala is Rakeyan Darmasiksa.