Cibuntu Village, Indonesia

Introduction to Cibuntu Tourism Village

Cibuntu Village is located in Pasawahan District, Kuningan Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. Geographically, Cibuntu Tourism Village is located at the foot of Ciremai Mountain with a view of hills, rice fields, and plantations. As well as several views that can be enjoyed such as the sunrise, and the view of Cirebon City at night which is very beautiful.

The character of the Cibuntu Tourism Village community until now still upholds local wisdom, such as: maintaining harmonious social relations and mutual respect, maintaining and preserving the values of mutual cooperation traditions, preserving ancestral traditions.

Cibuntu Tourism Village is often recorded by several national and local TV stations, and there are recordings about it. One of the habits of the Cibuntu Tourism Village community is to always execute the program by the Village Government, one of which is in terms of handling cleanliness, the community is used to doing environmental cleaning activities every Friday and Sunday and sorting household waste (organic and inorganic). Inorganic waste is transported by garbage collectors to the landfill to be burned using an incinerator, and organic waste is mixed with goat manure to be processed into organic fertilizer.

Even before it became a Tourism Village, the community had grown to keep up times and the economy, none of the houses of the Cibuntu Village residents were made of wood and leaves (all were permanent buildings).
Regarding the layout of the residents' housing that has been formed for a long time the Village Government, just needs to complete and improve things that are still lacking, including in terms of infrastructure.

The relationship with village customs is more to the tradition of mutual cooperation when there are residents who are going to build/renovate a house. The majority of the population's main occupation is farming and sheep raising

Cultural Information

For tourists, you will find unique traditional and cultural activities. You will be able to see local farming and the use of manual production with traditional methods. For those who like to explore the culture of an area, you will be welcomed in this village, as you will learn more about family traditions and nature in here.

This village has its own art team that will produce cultural performances that are rich in history. This includes dancing and singing along with traditional musical instruments. As for the apparel, for every Sedekah Bumi celebration, the whole community will use traditional clothes such as pangsi and headbands for men, and kebaya for women.