{"id":363,"date":"2024-09-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v2.0\/?p=363"},"modified":"2025-09-15T03:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T03:59:47","slug":"kasepuhan-gelar-alam-farming-that-loves-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/kasepuhan-gelar-alam-farming-that-loves-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasepuhan Gelar Alam Farming that Loves the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Not far from Jakarta, Indonesia, hidden away is a village that still holds firmly to the traditions of its ancestors with a noble goal: the preservation of nature. Nestled behind the beauty of Mount Halimun National Park, the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam Traditional Village stands as an example of a life in harmony with nature.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Before 2023, Kasepuhan Gelar Alam used to be known as Kasepuhan Ciptagelar. Nevertheless, the traditions they hold firmly remain unchanged, including in the management of their rice farming. Rice is the staple food of the community.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Honoring Rice<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The majority of the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam community are farmers. However, rice planting and harvesting are only done once a year. According to the Gelar Alam Kasepuhan belief, Dewi Sri, the Goddess of Rice, only resides in their rice fields once a year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Moreover, this practice is believed to be a form of respect for nature. For them, agricultural land needs time to recover, become fertile again, and sustain itself so it can be used by future generations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Unlike modern rice farming practices, the people of Kasepuhan Gelar Alam refuse to use chemicals. Embracing an agroecological farming system, they completely avoid using chemicals such as insecticides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Even the use of farming tools is regulated. They do not use modern farming tools like tractors but instead rely on traditional tools such as hoes, sickles, and others. The use of traditional farming tools is their way of preserving local agricultural wisdom.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

By limiting harvest times, avoiding chemical use, and using traditional farming tools, how do they meet their food needs? The answer is Leuit<\/em> and self-sustaining food production.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Leuit <\/em>is a communal rice barn that resembles a stilt house and is made of wood, bamboo, fibers, and kiray leaves. There are around 8,000 Leuit<\/em> that can store rice supplies for up to five years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

According to their beliefs, rice must be honored or mupusti pare<\/em>, but not deified or migusti pare<\/em>. For them, rice is more than just a food source; it represents life itself. To the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam community, selling rice is akin to selling life. Therefore, agricultural products, including rice, are not allowed to be sold to outsiders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Not Entirely  Rejecting Modernity<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although they firmly hold onto tradition, the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam community does not fully shy away from technological development. One example is the use of a Micro-Hydro Power Plant (MHPP) to meet energy needs through the power of river flows.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Currently, there are four MHPP in operation, powering electricity for the entire village.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The electricity produced is also used by the community to build their own media outlets. The Ciga TV<\/em> community television station and the Radio Swara Gelar Alam<\/em> radio station were established as a means to inform the community about traditional activities and the arts of Kasepuhan Gelar Alam.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Additionally, drone technology is used for mapping and monitoring the village.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This assimilation of tradition and modernity is what enables Kasepuhan Gelar Alam to continue thriving and empowering itself. Without abandoning their identity and ancestral heritage, the community can live a sufficient life while enriching themselves with technology to a limited extent. From the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam Traditional Village, we learn that upholding traditions will ultimately care for the earth, for the sake of preserving nature dedicated to future generations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Not far from Jakarta, Indonesia, hidden away is a village that still holds firmly to the traditions of its ancestors with a noble goal: the preservation of nature. Nestled behind the beauty of Mount Halimun National Park, the Kasepuhan Gelar Alam Traditional Village stands as an example of a life in harmony with nature. Before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-civilization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanahairudara.org\/v3.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}