The Baduy: Guardians of the Sacred Forest by Irfan Kortschak
Contributor: Irfan Kortschak| Jakarta | Feb 2010
“The mountains may not be destroyed, the valleys may not be damaged,
What is long may not be cut short, what is short may not be lengthened,
We must remain faithful to the ways of our ancestors.” – Traditional Baduy verse
For tourists, journalists, and anthropologists alike, the very idea of a people who live deep in the forest, excluding all outsiders, has a powerful fascination. A ‘Keep Out’ sign exerts an allure as powerful as the locked cupboard at the end of Bluebeard’s corridor, and for no better reason than that outsiders are not welcome. In our hearts, perhaps, each of us secretly believes we are special, and will be welcome at spectacles and events closed to ordinary mortals.
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