Truth Voices

Tasikmalaya situated in the West Java region of Java Island is one of the famous Indonesia Java International Destination. This region is located at a distance of sixty kilometers from the city of Garut. Tasikmalaya, an Indonesia Java International Destination is famous for painted umbrellas, plaited mats and different varieties of batiks in various colors. Around 1.58 million people live in this region and like any region in the West Java, the majority of the population is Muslims and there is a minority of Chinese people. About one fourth of the area of the Tasikmalaya Regency is a forest area. This place can be classified into mountainous region and low land region. This place is famous for its culture and in particular the region of Kampung Naga is very famous as the people living here still follow all the old traditions. The houses built in the Kampung Naga region is of distinct style with respect to the building material used, uniformity and the direction of the house. The Kampung naga village is situated in the Salawu district of Tasikmalaya Regency. Various modes of transport are available to reach this region making it very accessible for tourists and the eruption of the Galunggung Mountain has increased its popularity amount tourists. Tourists can do shopping of handicraft products such as hand bags, samak hat, dudukuy cetok and pandan hat and many such products. Bamboo is used to make mates and plaited wares and such products are very famous here.