There are two types of gasing games, the

first whose winner is the one whose gasing

spins longer than the other, and the second which ones gasing knocks out the other one off balance, which causes it to fall and stop spinning. It was first found in 1930-1940 (the actual date is unknown) and it is also approximately the same discovery time as kites in Indonesia. The perspective of the environment that is visited has changed during and after the visit. Mainly due to the gasing and the other artifacts explain its historical origins, which is quite interesting. The artifact also looks different than those in secondary sources. Compared to the primary source, secondary sources also offer much information (although not as much as primary sources). Gasing is truly a symbol of how unique and influential Sundanese culture can be.

Conclusion
This Field Trip taught me to respect, learn and love Indonesian culture and traditions. There are many undiscovered traditions and secrets hidden beneath the buildings and cities of West Java, in which those things can bring knowledge to us. The way they live, the lifestyle they adopt, and even the food they eat, is based in a philosophical basis. Artifacts are also proof that their culture is very meaningful and diverse, which influences Indonesias present lifestyle. The peoples lifestyle that is based on the nature itself teaches us a meaningful lesson, especially in this polluted and contaminated modern world. West Java and Bandung teaches us many lessons, West Java, is truly A Place of Uniqueness.

Bandung, West Java:

A Place of Uniqueness

Works Cited & Links:

http://www.sribadugamuseum.com/a-kolklas.php?ik=3 http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=29 Panggal, Museum Sri Baduga, Web, 23rd March http://www.sribadugamuseum.com/a-kolklas.php?ik=3 2014,

Kampung, Urang, Permainan Sunda: Bermain Papanggalan (Gasing), UrangKampoeng.com, Published: 7th December 2011, Web, 23rd March 2014, http://www.urangkampoeng.com/2011/12/bermainpapanggalan.html Gasing Panggal, Gasing Indonesia, Published: 23rd February 2009, Web, 23rd March 2014, http://gasingindonesia.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/gasing-dkijakarta-panggal/ Karyono, Yono, Gasing / Gangsing / Panggal adalah permainan Nusantara, Indonesia, Mang Yono, Web, 23rd March 2014, http://mangyono.blogspot.com/2014/01/gasing-gangsingpanggal-adalah.html Luciane, Meilyn. Personal Interview. 12th March. 2014.

Another version/type of Panggal/Gasing found inside Museum Sri Baduga.

Energy Consumption

A view of Kampung Naga from the outer part of the village.

Science

Round and Round with Gasing

and inventions that are

Sundanese culture is filled find firewood, which is one of the energy they need daily. While the effect to culture is on the positive side, their norms help them stick to their culture and their ancestors way of living. This makes them more cultural in society because they live according to their customs. The negative effect is that their life is not that simple comparing to the people who uses electricity. The human activities the people in Kampung Naga do are closely relating to the nature and the ecosystem around them, but they still preserve their surroundings. Some activities could actually destroy the ecosystem if they do it wrongly. For example, if they use too much firewood, the firewood that they get from that particular other place could run out. This human activity of consuming firewood can affect the ecosystem globally, since the there are animals in other ecosystem besides their forest that also needs the firewood they use daily. Fortunately until this day, there are no reports of damages or overtaking of woods in the area. Due to their eco-friendly lifestyle, Kampung Naga stands out to be one of the most energy efficient societies. Despite the governments action to supply electricity in the village, the villagers still have a strong foundation that the village will stay unique by not having any electricity. The villagers also have a strong philosophy, the villagers is not to chase over lifestyle, but to conserve the culture. This action brings to pro and contra, after all culture and the environment may be saved, but this leaves the villagers action unproductive. with amazing and historical events very

Humanitie s

In Kampung Naga, energies are kept limited even though in this modern days, it has been essential One of them, sunlight energy, is very essential to the lives in Kampung Naga depending natural light for about 12 hours, while at night they depend on kerosene lamps. Firewood is also used for cooking food and beverages. Their lifestyle focuses on teamwork and is nature-based. Also since the villagers financially low wealth, making electricity will just make new burdens to their life. Society does not use electricity to maintain the tradition and not follow the modern era. The government offered electricity to Kampung Naga that, however, rejected by society because they prefer to conserve culture than a better productivity. The condition of the place uses a roof that is easily burned. The benefits of using the energy for Kampung Naga community is avoiding the risk of fire therefore will minimize accidents. Since Kampung Naga people has a high level of awareness, they would like to have no electricity so that if once caught on fire, it wont burn the forest near them or the house that mostly made out of natural elements. The positive effect to the people is that they can learn to obey the norms made, while the negative effect is that they have less source to

interesting to learn, love, and share. The history and traditions of the Sundanese culture are based on the main beliefs and customs in Western Java. There are some traditions and history in the Sundanese culture that affects the modern life today, and one of them is gasing, or panggal for its other name. Gasing, or commonly said as

spinning tops, is a very popular toy and entertainment media among children in Western Java in its time. Gasings are made out of wood/bamboo. The gasing itself gains its ability to spin if it is

manually spun/thrown sideways onto the

ground by a rope tied on its protrusion. It is used for playing, or occasionally is some cases, competition. Two people competing against each other play the game of gasing normally, but there are some cases that 5-10 people play at the same time.