Preserving ‘Kampung Pulo' Local Wisdom, Garut, Indonesia Ethnography of Communication Study of Local Wisdom Symbolic Meaning for Kampung Pulo, Garut, Indonesia.

Kampung Pulo is a traditional village located in Garut, Indonesia. Located in the middle of a small island surrounded by a large lake so that this village is famous as "Kampung Pulo". This village has been established since the 17th century and his descendants are scattered in various regions, even to foreign countries, one of the Netherlands. There are relics of Hindu temple building adjacent to the tomb of a disseminator of Islam which is a symbol of inter-religious harmony and is characteristic of the area. Uniquely, until now they still maintain the local wisdom, that is musn't change the shape of the building, not allowed to add or reduce the number of custom homes and head of the family that only 6 houses and 6 heads of family, the head of the family should not work outside Kampung Pulo, should not hit the goong musical instruments, and can’t keep four-legged animals. All of it is taboo to be violated. If there is a violation, then it is believed there will be a great disaster overwrite the village. Because of its unique, this village is become tourism village and visited by domestic and foreign tourists to know the history and development of their lives to date. This research based on observations in Kampung Pulo and interviews to the parties concerned and also from literature studies. The data were analyzed by referring to theories. There is theory of symbolic interaction and social identity. It explains the interactions used in constructing meaning that ultimately create the distinctive behavior that differentiates Kampung Pulo from other cultures. The method of this research is qualitative. Goals of this research are revealing how people in Kampung Pulo successfully defended the symbolic meaning of local wisdom and create the identity as information about communication, tourism promotion, especially in Garut, Indonesia, and Asia for all of the elements such as experts, academic staffs, students, government, and society in the world. The result of research is communication pattern and symbolic meaning of local wisdom.