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Kampung Naga () is a traditional Sundanese people hamlet located in the Neglasari Village area of Salawu district in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia.
Kampung Naga is notable for its traditional houses which is characterized by its functionality, simplicity, modesty, and its use of natural Thatching materials, and its quite faithful adherence to the harmony with the nature and environment.
The distance from the town of Tasikmalaya to Kampung Naga is approximately 30 kilometers, while the distance from the city of Garut is 26 kilometers. To reach Kampung Naga from Garut, Tasikmalaya, people must climb down the ladder in the wall (Sundanese: sengked) to the bank of the river Ciwulan with the slope about 45 degrees with a distance of approximately 500 meters. Then through the paths into Kampung Naga. The settlement is easier to visit than the most ancient Sundanese village in Baduy people.Garut: The Hidden Beauty of West Java http://www.thejakartapost.com/print/317912
According to the data from Neglasari village, the surface soil of Kampung Naga is quite fertile and productive. Kampung Naga covers an area of one of half a hectares, mostly used for housings, yards, ponds, and the rest is used for agriculture rice harvested twice a year.
The preservation of the village has been supported by national government beginning during the Suharto presidency, and it has been described as part of the "public face of regulation in Suharto's Indonesia".Taylor, J.G. (2003), Indonesia: Peoples and Histories,Yale, Yale University Press. The government provided concrete steps which connected the village to the outside world and battery powered radios as gifts for the village; tour guides were government-trained and reiterated the Naga people's desire for: self-sufficiency; the continuation of their traditions; and their desire to be model citizens.
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