ABSTRACT
This study aims to determine the cultural preservation that is still upheld in Kasepuhan Adat Citorek Banten, Indonesia. The research method used is descriptive qualitative and ethnographic using the data collection techniques of observation, interviews, and triangulation. The research respondents were the village head (jaro), the Citorek community, village officials, Citorek Banten culturalists, and the staff of the Lebak Tourism Office. The results showed that the Kasepuhan Adat Citorek Banten from planting rice to harvesting rice applied the traditions of the Kasepuhan Adat. There is a harvest tradition consisting of ngored hama (looking for pests), ngalantayken (drying rice), muzzle rice (tying rice), nguyal/ngarengkong (thanksgiving ceremony), ngayaran (tasting the harvest from the rice planted), leit (rice barns), seren taun (harvest tradition), handing over the harvest, papayungan, looting wangtua graves, bathing together in the river while resting, and a big gathering. This can be an effort to preserve heritage tourism.
