The Visualization of Pamali in the Pulo Indigenous Hamlet of Garut Regency

Abstract

Indonesia is known as a country with immense art and cultural diversity. Each region and indigenous group in Indonesia has its own distinct art and culture, such as that of Pulo indigenous hamlet in Cangkuang administrative village, Leles district, Garut regency. The Pulo indigenous hamlet is typical and unique since it only owns seven buildings that consist of six houses and a mosque. All buildings in Pulo indigenous hamlet are rich in local wisdom values held by its inhabitants from generation to generation. The study uses a descriptive analysis method that aims to comprehensively describe the visualization of Pamali in Pulo indigenous hamlet of Garut region. This study describes two out of five Pamali (taboo) values in Kampung Adat Pulo, namely first, it is not allowed to build a house with prism-shaped roof, instead, the roof must always be gable (suhunan jolopong), and second, it is not allowed to add or reduce both the number of the main buildings and the heads of the family.

Keywords: visualization, pamali, indigenous hamlet.