In colonial times, Bandung is a growing region. This originated from the Dutch East Indies Government efforts in covering the financial cash vacant due to the defeat in the ‘Java War’ against Prince Diponegoro. Dutch follow what the British did through the idea of Raffles, the business of creating cultivation (cultuurstelsel) to ‘the people Priangan’ of coffee, tea and other commercial crops.

In Bandung (West Java, Indonesia), we know the names of regions such as the Kebon Bibit, Kebon Kalapa, Kebon Jati, Tamansari etc., naming the place was essentially based on conditions at that time, kebun (garden) seedlings for example, this is the first location where seed development, and in Kebon Kebon Jati Kalapa and is the area where the palm trees and teak trees to flourish. So too with the name Tamansari, once called Jubileumpark this location, which is a miniature tropical forest in Bandung City.

Besides the suffering that must have suffered ‘Priangan people’ during the last cultivation, there are positive lessons for the development of Bandung and its people later today, including making ‘Priangan society’ to be clever planting. In addition, the establishment of irrigation and other infrastructure that support agricultural plantations and there.

Long before the colonial occupation, Bandung was a stretch of ancient lakes, as evidenced by the results of a study of prehistoric relics by von Koenigswald (1930 sd 1935), with the discovery of many historical evidence of obsidian tools (kind of hard stone), spread across various locations in the region, The tip includes Berung, Nagreg, Cicalengka, Majalaya, Ciparay, Banjaran, Soreang, Cililin, Padalarang, Cimahi, Lembang and Dago. Which has a height of 725 m above sea level (asl). Ancient lake shrinking produces fertile territory until it is maximized by the colonial.

Local Wisdom and Balance of Nature

Community Bandung with agricultural livelihoods and plantations have created a culture that balance with nature. As agricultural systems or other customs associated with nature.

Some of us will recall the story of the Kabayan which many say is a representation of ‘People Priangan’ – but this is contradicted by “people Priangan ‘own. Si Kabayan which lifted the story to the big screen that tells of a young man living in the countryside which has an agricultural land, and on the other hand also implies sikabayan story values such as the relation of mystical genie tree dwellers ‘haunted’.

The story of the Kabayan is not just purely fictional, but based on existing conditions are also rooted in the community and tatar sunda including Bandung. Has been developed that trust is associated with nature. Nature is believed to be a living thing, a delight, too angry. Thus came the customary ceremony dedicated to worship of nature or the prohibitions to not harm the natural nature, such as the prohibition to cut down large trees is believed to have spirits (a kind of genie in the story of the Kabayan) or the prohibition to enter certain fields or forests. Also in the agricultural community known as the Earth hajat ceremony that took place before the planting season arrives in gratitude to the Almighty for the blessings given through the lush nature.

Culture, according to C. Kluckhom and W. H Kelly is a pattern of life in history, which explisit, implicitly, irrational and non-rational, which is found in every time as a potential guide for human behavior. From this understanding we can Validating that the products of human culture as a result of social interaction consists of the visible and invisible things are clear and rational and irrational.

Although the ratio, the trust or restrictions such as cutting trees is considered irrational, but on the other hand this restriction could be intended for other people to easily damage the plants, in this case can be established cultural system is already thinking about this far with the ratio of the creators of this culture .

However, the local culture or local wisdom of this whole line with that place human beings at the top of the highest ratio of its civilization, which celebrated and defended rational, irrational deemed abandoned. People no longer reluctant to chop down the forests and plantations cut to be made into urban areas. Bandung city was born a magnificent and bustling with the background that most of the residents are immigrants, while many local communities are embracing the value system is still strong marginalized to the outskirts of Bandung. Generation ‘rational’ is more like cutting down large trees for commodities or land clearing, rather than letting the reason residents fear that the genie will fit the tree.

Rational behavior that he said this was true, on the one hand but on the other hand can not be fully justified because this behavior does not consider first the highest value of the existing culture. Like the prohibition of certain trees sing, in fact, not only readable by the ratio, they do not realize that it is not a genie who will actually get upset when large trees are felled but nature itself which cumulatively would be angry. When the trees that served as a drag water absorption and air filters are cut then landslide and flooding of air pollution can also be prepared to threaten, and as a term to say that now Bandung already crowded with towering buildings, so be prepared water would recede back surface and cause formation of Lake Bandung future reincarnation of the Ancient Lake Bandung.

History will record and keep records for future Bandung, Bandung would be better when the local wisdom is no longer prudent.

Deni Andriana
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