Seren taun

Seren Taun is an annual traditional Sundanese rice harvest festival and ceremony. The festival was originally held to mark the new agriculture year in the Sundanese ancient calendar as well as thanks giving for the blessings of the abundance rice harvest, and also to pray for the next successful harvest. Seren Taun demonstrates the Sundanese agricultural way of life, and is held in high regard in Sundanese traditional villages, as the festival draw thousands Sundanese villagers to participate as well as Indonesian or foreign visitors. There are several traditional Sundanese villages that hold this annual festival, the notable villages are: Cigugur village, Kuningan Regency, West Java Kasepuhan Banten Kidul, Ciptagelar village, Cisolok, Sukabumi, West Java Sindang Barang village, Pasir Eurih, Taman Sari, Bogor, West Java Kanekes village, Lebak, Banten Province Kampung Naga, Tasikmalaya, West Java