The Kasepuhan Banten Kidul are a traditional Sundanese community of approximately 5,300 people. They live in the southern part of Gunung Halimun National Park, in the Indonesian province of West Java. Mount Halimun Salak National Park is located within the borders of the Sukabumi Regency, Bogor and southern Banten province.
The Kasepuhan are called "Kasepuhan Banten Kidul" (Kasepuhan of Southern Banten). Their main village is Ciptagelar in the Cisolok subdistrict (kecamatan) in the western part of the Sukabumi Regency. The current head of the community, Abah Ugih, inherited his position from his late father, Abah Anom.[1]
- ^ J. Adiguna, 'Living in harmony with the nature' Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Jakarta Post, 11 August 2008.