Badui Tribes

Kanekes or Badui people is a group of indigenous peoples in the region Sundanese Lebak regency, Banten. The term "Badui" is the name given by residents outside the community groups, originated from the term Dutch researchers who seem to equate them with the Arab group which is a community Badui moving (nomads). Another possibility is that the River and Mount Badui in the northern part of the region. They themselves prefer to call themselves as urang Badui or "people Badui" according to the name of their region, or title which refers to the name of their village as Urang Cibeo (Garna, 1993).

Opinions about the origin of different people with opinions Badui historians, who based his opinion by way of synthesis of some historical evidence in the form of tablets, Portuguese sailors travel records and China, and the folklore of the 'Tatar Sunda' is quite minimal existence. Badui communities associated with the Sundanese kingdom before its downfall in the 16th century centered on Pakuan Pajajaran (around Bogor now). Before the establishment of the Sultanate of Banten, west end area of Java is an important part of the Kingdom of Sunda. Banten is a port of considerable trade. The river is navigable Ciujung various types of boats, and noisy used for transporting agricultural produce from rural areas. Thus the ruler area, called the Prince Pucuk General considers that the sustainability of the river should be maintained. For the royal army diperintahkanlah highly trained to maintain and manage the heavily wooded areas and hilly in the area Kendeng Mountain. The presence of troops with special duties appear to be the embryo of Badui community that still inhabit the river area at Mount Kendeng Ciujung it (Adimihardja, 2000). Differences of opinion led to the suspicion that in the past, their historical identity and deliberately closed, which probably is to protect communities from attacks Badui own enemies Pajajaran.