Adaptation of indigenous communities in kampung cireundeu to the environment in maintaining local wisdom

Abstract

This research aims to find out the adaptation of Cireundeu community to its environment and the efforts of the Cireundeu indigenous people to maintain local wisdom, traditional leaders and elders, data collection techniques used by participant observation, in-depth interview, and documentation. Data analysis techniques using qualitative-verification data analysis. The result suggests that 1). In adaptation to the environment, Cireundeu people understand very well that the conditions of the land they live in are not suitable for planting rice, so they choose to plant cassava. 2). Efforts to maintain local wisdom are assured if they continue to consume rice, then one day will experience hunger because the number of people who continue to grow and the availability of agricultural land is also small due to the establishment of residential areas, so they look for the main types of rice, namely (rice cassava) which will support their food security and maintain natural fertiliser is good for the type of cassava.