Bedouin Settlements Crowded With Domestic Tourists

Bedouin Tourists/ Photo: Antara

Domestic tourists are again crowding the Bedouin residential area in the interior of Lebak Regency, Banten after the Kawalu celebration ritual for three months ended, Tuesday (30/4). "Now tourists are allowed to visit the Badui Dalam Village spread across Cibeo, Cikawartana and Cikeusik," said Djaro Saija, a Bedouin traditional leader who is also the Head of Kanekes Village, Lebak Regency, Sunday.

The village government has again allowed domestic tourists to visit Kampung Badui Dalam, because the Kawalu worship celebrations have ended.

Those tourists who go to the Badui Dalam settlement can enjoy a beautiful and green natural panorama.

every now and then tourists enjoy various bird voice tweets accompanied by the wind, so that it provides a beautiful feel and can relieve stress.

In addition, tourist visits can have a positive impact on the economic income of the Bedouin people and the Outer Bedouin.

They are domestic tourists from various regions who are confirmed to buy various Bedouin handicraft products, such as traditional fabrics, koja bags, kampret clothes, lomars, souvernirs, Bedouin batik and others.

"We believe that with many tourist visits here, it can certainly roll out the economy of the local community," said Jaro Saija.

Hermawan (35), a tourist from Jakarta, said that he and his entourage would visit Kampung Badui Dalam on foot from Ciboleger Terminal, at 09.00 WIB.

The journey can be taken with five hours or 14.00 WIB arriving in Cibeo Village. He and his office entourage have visited Badui Dalam Village three times, namely Cibeo Village is quite tiring, but it is fun to see the natural panoramic is beautiful, green and sustainable. In addition, the journey is quite careful with the help of a milestone to cross the left and right footpaths where there is a steep cliff.

"We are very happy to cross the footpath to penetrate forests and cliffs which are quite dangerous," said Hermawan.

Likewise, another tourist, Sumardi, a vocational school student in Banten admitted that he and his entourage had returned to Ciboleger Terminal by traveling five hours from Cibeo Village. He and his entourage went to Badui Dalam Village, Saturday (4/5) afternoon after traveling five hours by crossing the hills and many steep things that were dangerous. "We are also walking accompanied by Bedouin residents with the help of holding a milestone so as not to fall," he said.

Meanwhile, Sarkim (40), a Bedouin tourist officer, admitted that since Saturday-Sunday the number of tourists visiting Bedouin settlements has been busy again after three months the Dalam Bedouin area was closed due to the Kawalu ritual. Currently, it is estimated that around 750 tourists from various regions in a number of areas in Banten, DKI Jakarta, and Bogor, West Java.

Most of the tourists stay in the settlements of Badui Dalam Villages, such as Cibeo Villages, Cikawartana and Cikeusik. "We apply entry rates to Bedouin settlements of Rp. 5,000/people according to local Village Regulations," he explained.