Kampung Naga Life in Stills


I seem to be having wanderlust again lately and decided to spend some time today in quietude before the slew of school's activities. So thankful for these pockets of time to centre myself and align my thoughts.


Kampung Naga is a small village that lies within the Neglasari village, Salawu District, Tasikmalaya, West Java Indonesia. It took us several hundreds of concrete steps to reach the place and encountered a wonderful 1.5 hectares village full of simplicity and beauty of nature.


Approaching Kampung Naga

Welcome to Kampung Naga

What impacted me most were their persistence to cling to cultural traditions and way of life against the setbacks posts by modernization.


A landscape of great beauty

Photo by Uni Pomme

A very nice lady making handicraft out of a bamboo.


The magic of woodturning jobs

The traditional Sundanese houses in Kampung Naga which is made up of straws or grasses (alang - alang, a type of wild grass) as a building materials. Each of the houses have the same and unique look and layout.

Photo by Uni Pomme

Drying the walls for the house.

Photo by Uni Pomme


Once again, Indonesia succeeds in surprising me with its fantastic natural riches and I can’t help but be thankful for the opportunity to live so close to such beauty. Happy 70th Birthday Indonesia!!! xoxo


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