Sundanese tribes are very rich with unique culture and its art, and one of them is a Sundanese musical instrument that still exist. among others are:

1. KARINDING

Karinding is a tool used by the ancestor to repel pests in rice fields. Not only used for the benefit bersawah, the ancestor play this karinding in ritual or ceremonial. So even now still used as an accompaniment karinding reading rajah.

Age karinnding is older than the harp, the comparison according to the source of about 5.5 Abad. And modern musical term used to call this karinding as the mouth harp. In terms of sound production was not much different, just how to play just that little bit different; Nothing in trim (on vibrate with at sentir), on tap (beaten), and some are in drag by using threads. While karinding who met at the level of Sunda played by in tap or hit.

The material used to make karinding, there are two types: kawung midrib and bamboo.

Karinding divided into three segments: the first segment into a knock karinding and cause vibration in the middle segment. In the middle section there is a section of bamboo is cut to vibrate when karindingdiketuk with a finger. And the third segment (far left) serves as a handle.

How to play karinding quite simple, namely by attaching a middle segment karinding in front of the mouth slightly open, then hit or menyentir rightmost end segment karinding with one finger to "needle" karinding also vibrate intensely. From vibrating or vibra "needle" that produced sound diresonansi later by mouth. Sound issued will depend on the mouth, breath, and tongue. Conventionally-according to the narrative Abah Olot-tone or pirigan in play karinding there are four types, namely: cicadas, gogondangan, rereogan, and motorcade.

2. ANGKLUNG

Angklung is a musical instrument multitonal (dual tone) that is traditionally grown in the Sundanese-speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This instrument is made of bamboo, rung by shaken (sound caused by collision agency bamboo pipes) so as to produce sound that vibrates in the composition of tone 2, 3, to 4 tones in any size, large or small. Barrel (tone) angklung as Sundanese traditional music mostly is salendro and pelog.

Angklung is listed as Masterpieces of the Oral and non-material Cultural Heritage of UNESCO's Man since November 2010.

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                        Indonesia is rich with diverse ethnicities, languages, and culinary. Now I will discuss about the food / culinary Indonesia precisely in western Java / ethnic Sundanese.

Sundanese cuisine is typical Sundanese food people usually eat, eating is a legacy of past ancestors, which until today is still a lot of people who really like the culinary culture of Sunda. Sundanese cuisine has its own characteristics compared with other regions. yes it is; Sundanese cuisine featuring flavors are mild, simple, and clear; ranging from savory salty, sour fresh, lightly sweet, and spicy.

1.  Nasi Timbel,

Nasi timbel Dara Goreng

Refer to the way of cooking with hot rice wrap in banana leaves. Hot rice aroma makes the whole banana leaf and add the rice aroma. The trick is almost the same as making rice cake; pressed, compacted, and rolled in banana leaves; bias is presented with several choices of side dishes such as chicken friend rice, duck, or fried pigeon, jerked obese, jambal bread, tofu, tempeh, vegetables, tamarind, lalab and sambal. Rice lead to the development of inspiring recipes roasted rice.

2. Nasi Liwet Sunda,

how to cook rice in a furnace with lemongrass and galangal seasoned rice and bay leaves. To add flavor there that add anchovies.

3. Tutug Oncom,

rice dinanak with oncom mixture, onion, and kencur, usually served with crackers, chili paste, and salted.

4. Lalab,

raw vegetables served with sambal

5. Sambel Terasi, 

chili grind to paste

6. Karedok,

karedok leunca

raw vegetables with peanut sauce

7. Lotek, 

boiled vegetables with peanut sauce

8. Sayur Asem, 

stir-fried with tamarind flavor.

9. Oncom, 

fermented peanut similar to tempeh. Oncom can be fried, spiced used, or sauteed with vegetables like Ulukutek Leunca (leunca) or Oncom Peuteuy (mixed banana).

10. Tumis Tauco

Tofu sautéed with tauco.

11. Tumis Kangkung, 

12. Pepes,

Pepes Udang

pepes ikan mas

pepes tahu

pepes ikan kembung

Pepes is how to cook with wrapping material
food in banana leaves and then cooked (heated), various
food can be spiced, such as carp, anchovies, oncom, leunca, mushrooms, salted egg, tofu, and others. One of the most famous is Pais Gold Side dishes (spiced carp).

13. Ikan Bakar,

various grilled fish served with sauce and ketchup cocolan. Goldfish, carp, tilapia, and catfish commonly presented.

14. Ikan Goreng,

a variety of fried fish served with sauce and ketchup cocolan. Goldfish, carp, tilapia, and catfish commonly served, but Gurame Fan is one of the most popular.

15. Ikan Asin,

Asin Jambal

salted fish such as bicycles, jambal, stingrays, fish salted chicken feathers, anchovies, squid and salty; also catfish.

16. Bakakak hayam,

Bakakak This chicken is one of the foods most people enjoy doing the Sundanese, because in ancient times people often use bakakak hayam Sundanese as an icon for a celebration.
grilled chicken ala Sunda

17. Empal gepuk,

beef fried sweet flavor

18. Soto Bandung,

soup beef and horseradish

19. Soto Mie,

soup with noodles, rice noodles, spring rolls, kikil or beef tendon

20. Mie Kocok

 noodles with beef tendon kikil and

21. Sate Maranggi,

 satay or Sundanese lamb with herbs kecombrang

22. Gulai Kambing,

 curry mutton

23. Empal Gentong,

 goat meat and offal of Cirebon

24. Laksa Bogor,

 laksa similar variation of Bogor

25. Kupat Tahu,

diamond, tofu, rice noodles, bean sprouts, with peanut sauce

26. Asinan,

vegetables or fruits uah preserved by means salted or marinated

27. Baso Tahu,

 like dim sum, tofu and steamed fish meat, together with dumplings Bandung.

28. Batagor,

 Baso Tahu Goreng.

so many of my hopefully useful, do not forget to visit the unique culinary Sunda precisely in the area of West Java. thanks

                  Sundanese is the ethnic group originating from the western part of the island of Java, Indonesia, with Tatar Sundanese term that covers the administrative area of the province of West Java, Banten, Jakarta, Lampung and Central Java western region (Banyumasan). Sundanese is Indonesia's second largest ethnic. At least 15.2% of Indonesia's population is Sundanese. If Bantenese categorized as sub Sundanese then 17.8% of Indonesia's population is Sundanese. The majority of Sundanese people are Muslims, but there is also a small Christian, Hindu, and Sunda Wiwitan (Teak Sunda). Religion Sunda Wiwitan still persist in some rural communities Sundanese, as in Brass and Baduy community in Lebak Banten closely related and can be categorized as Sundanese.

Traditionally the home of Sundanese shaped stage with a height of 0.5 m - 0.8 m or 1 meter above ground level. In the homes of old age, there is a high vault reaches 1.8 meters. The vault itself is generally used for a binding pets such as cows, horses, or for storing agricultural tools such as hoes, plows, harrows, and so on. To go up to the house provided a ladder known Golodog made of wood or bamboo, which usually consist of no more than three steps. Golodog serves also to clean feet before climbing into the house.

Sundanese traditional house actually has different names depending on the shape of the roof and the door of his house. Traditionally there is a roof that is named suhunan Jolopong, Tagong anjing, badak Heuay, Perahu Kemureb, Jubleg Nangkub, Capit Gunting, and Buka Pongpok. From all that, Jolopong is the simplest form and are often found in areas of cultural heritage or in villages.

The following are the names of tribal house Sunda :

1. Badak Heuay

2. Jolopong

3. Perahu Kumureb

4. Tagog Anjing

5. Capit Gunting

                  Judging from philosophical terms, traditional houses belonging to people of West Java has a very impressive understanding. In general, the name of the Sundanese traditional house suhunan intended to respect the natural surroundings. Almost every custom home building Sunda very rare iron nails and other tools of modern buildings. For inter-pole amplifier used paseuk (from bamboo) or rope of palm or coconut fiber, while the roof of the house to use as cover fibers, coconut leaves, or leaves Rumia, because Sundanese traditional house very rarely use precarious. Another interesting point is about the material that is used by the house itself. Use a thin chamber material and the stage floor of wooden boards or Palupuh certainly not may be used to shelter in a community with barbaric civilization. Home to the Sundanese community not as a bastion of protection of human enemies, but merely of nature in the form of rain, wind, sun and animals.

abstracted from : http://id.wikipedia.org

                Peacock Dance is a dance variety of new creations that express the life of the animal, which is a peacock. The procedure and its motion is taken from the life of a peacock who was appointed to the stage by Sundanese artist Raden Tjetje Somantri.

   This peacock dance is one of the original culture of Indonesian art, precisely derived from Tatar pasundan namely West Java.

* History of peacock dance

    Peacock Dance is a traditional dance from West Java region, the meaning of this peacock dance movements are in a cheerful and happy, so that the peacock dance is always used as a dance offerings for guests or welcome the groom to get to the aisle, Peacock Dance is a popular dance in Java is a dance area and a new creation of the Land Sundanese, which was created by Prince Tjetjep Somantri in the 1950s, although the dance is performed by female dancers, but in fact this dance portrait of a male peacock behavior in menebatkan charm to the peahen, in this dance illustrated how peafowl effort to attract the attention of a female peacock with tail feathers to show off the beautiful and long, in its efforts to attract peahen, the male will display the charm of the best that there is in him to make the female fascinated and serlangsung until marriage.

1. Types of movement peacock dance

    * The types of basic movements are:

- galier (galier is rotating head movement.

- gilek (gilek is shaking his head movement to the right and to the left

    * Part hand:

- ukel (ukel is playing the hand movement)

- mud (mud is right and left hand movement driven forward or upward mud (mud is right and left     hand movement driven forward or upward by means of alternating).

- slap shoulder (shoulder slap is hand movements patted the shoulder either one hand or two             hands and even two hands interchangeably).
- capang is bending the hand movements of the hand).
- nyawang is a hand gesture indicating that're looking at the state of the remote).
- lontang left / right (lontang is hand movements using two hands and moved interchangeably).

    * The foot:

- Deku sit (sit Deku are the two legs folded in)

- seser (seser footwork is shifted to the right and left)
- sirig (sirig is footwork wiggle your legs simultaneously).

    * Part combined: mincid (mincid is a combined movement of the head, hands, and feet, and in the movement of the hands and feet simultaneously but different pairs That's right hand with your left leg so anything contrary).

Excerpted from: http://aldafadilla.blogspot.com/

cleave

parts cleaver

              Cleaver is a unique weapon from West Java. Cleaver began to be made around the 8th century or to-9, made of iron, steel and material prestige, the length is about 20 to 25 cm and weighs about 300 grams. 

              According Sanghyang siksakanda ng karesian Canto XVII, cleaver is the weapon of the farmer and the farm has its roots in the culture of the Sundanese people.

Cleaver known as traditional objects people of West Java (Sunda) which has a sacred value and have magical powers. the term "cleaver" comes from the word kudihyang (kudi and Hyang. Cleaver (also) is derived from the word sonny, which means human or Manusa. Humans are powerful as King Siliwangi. Kudi taken from ancient Sundanese language meaning weapon magic magical power, as a talisman, as repellent reinforcements, for example, to block the enemy or avoid danger. This weapon is also stored as an heirloom, which is used to protect the home from danger by putting it in a box or a specific place in the house or to put it on the bed (Hazeu, 1904: 405-406). Meanwhile, Hyang can be equated with the notion of god in some mythology, but the Sundanese people Hyang have meaning and standing on top of the god, this is reflected in the teaching of "Dasa Prebakti" which is reflected in the text of Torture Trance Kanda Karesian Ng mentioned "god devotion in Hyang ".

monument cleaver in Bogor

             In the past Cleaver can not be separated from the life of the Sundanese people because of its function as agricultural equipment. This statement is contained in the codex Trance Torment Kanda Karesian Ng (1518 AD) and the oral tradition that developed in several areas including in the area of scaffolding, Kudat. Evidence that reinforces the statement that the cleaver as farming equipment can still be seen to this day on the Bedouins, Banten and Pancer Pangawinan in Sukabumi.

            With the progress, technological, cultural, social and economic Sundanese, Cleaver was experiencing growth and shift shape, function and meaning. From an agricultural equipment, cleaver developed into an object that has its own character and tend to be a valuable weapon symbolic and sacred. The cleaver new form as we know it today is estimated to be born between the 9th century. 

           until now was the epitome of this cleaver knife very dominant in western Java and is used as a symbol of the city of West Java. from start to institutions, education and universities in western Java martial.

extracted from http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujang