Silih Asah,SIlih Ashh,Silih asuh, Culture from West Java,Indonesia

Poetic words of the poem above is not arbitrary, but as a philosophy of life embraced the majority of the population of West Java. This philosophy teaches people to care for each other on the basis of mutual love and sharing of knowledge and experience. Indeed, this is a concept of democratic life that is rooted in the consciousness and nobility of mind, philosophy of roots penetrating deep into the earth in terms of hafiah. Unlike the other civilization in the archipelago, West Java civilization with a population of Sundanese-language original and highly influenced by nature and naturally fertile. That is why, in social interaction, where the community embraced the philosophy as the quotation above. Besides familiar with the natural environment and fellow human beings, human Sundanese also close to God who created them and created the universe in which they berkehidupan (Triangle of life). Sundanese community familiarity with how the environment looks from people in West Java, especially in rural areas, preserve the environment. In this province, many community members who came on their own initiative to maintain their natural environment. West Java community intimacy with God, causing people there is relatively known as a religious community, religious, which holds moral values of their religion the religion of Islam as a religion with adherents of the largest, then Christianity (Catholic and Protestant), Hindu, Buddha, and others. However, in the process of everyday life, people in West Java is relatively open when interacting with new values which tend secular in a process of dynamic interaction and harmonious. Improving quality of life and religious harmony with the increase means indescribable worship. Number of Mosques increased from 43,005 pieces in 2004 to 50,339 men in 2005, the Christian Church from 1536 to 1629 pieces of fruit, the Catholic Church / Chapel from 50 to 110 pieces of fruit, Temple / Temple / Sanggah of 24 pieces to 25 pieces and Vihara / Cetya / Shrine from 171 to 181 fruits. Culture dominated Sundanese of West Java. Full of traditional indigenous culture of the Earth Pasundan a mirror of culture there. West Java Cultural legislation even include maintenance of language, literature, and regional literacy, art, archeology and history, traditional values and also a museum as part of the management culture. Culture-based tourism which displays art and culture of West Java, ready to be displayed and economic value.