The Collapse Of Sundanese Culture
By : Omar Salim
Sundanese culture is located in the western part of Java,
Indonesia. Sunda is a group of people who uphold high culture, but not now. Cultural
attack began to take over and undermine sunda, from music, clothing, and language.
Paguyuban Ki Sunda
Music, more of the younger generation who can play western
music instrument rather than his own. They feel cool with western music
instruments. And only a few people who
want to see or visiting the Sundanese performing arts. But on the contrary they
flock to see or visiting western and Korean music concert.
Pangsi, Sundanese Traditional Clothes
Clothes, lots of young people don’t want to wear Sunanese Traditional attire,
they only have eyes for west and the other
popular country. They assume that people
who use Sundanese attire is the countrified.
Sunda is Refusing the local language killing in 2013 curriculum
Language, the younger generation who speak Sunda is
diminishing as its many new language they created , The language they called “Alay”,or
“gaul”, etc. though it still remains many people can speak Sundanese, only a
few of them are able to write native Sundanese language (Sanskrit).
It was not banned to like music, clothes, and other languages, but please love your own culture.
Sundanese culture is being collapsed, even if it collapses it can still be
rebuilt. but starting something from scratch is not easy. Sundanese people
saying “manuk hiber ku jangjangna, Sunda hirup ku barudakna” meaning bird flies
by its wings, Sunda alive by the younger generation. Love your country, love
your culture.