RELIGION AND THE LOCAL TRADITION OF LIFE CYCLE RITUALS IN KAMPUNG NAGA, WEST JAVA

West Java is one of the provinces in Indonesia which is culturally rich and di-verse. The cultural wealth in Tatar Sunda (West Java) is centered on several ar-eas that serve as the settlement of indigenous communities, from the eastern region of Ciamis, to Sukabumi. Each region has its own cultural uniqueness. Among the cultural heritage which is still in existence and preserved is Kam-pung Naga. It was a traditional village that firmly preserves its ancestral tra-dition (karuhun) passed down from generation to generation. One of the inter-esting features of the community of Kampung Naga is the life cycle ritual which they perform with no outside influence. This article will describe the life cycle ritual performed by the indigenous community of Kampung Naga. The ethno-graphic method approach is used in this study, where the author was directly involved in the process of performing the ritual. Observations, in-depth inter-views and participation in any activity were used to collect verifiable data. This research showed that the daur hidup (life cycle) ritual performed by the tradition-al community of Kampung Naga included the rituals for pregnant mother, child birth, circumcision, gusaran, marriage, and prayer to the dead. The ritual car-ried out by the community is derived from the old Sundanese belief combined with Islamic culture that came in later