Sister Local Tradition Existence In Rural Development: Sharing Space in Participative Development Planning in Neglasari Village

In rural development, community involvement is needed as community is the subject as well as object of the development. In its empirical level, in rural development planning, problems are often found related to the lack of community involvement. However, in Neglasari Village Salawu Sub-district Tasikmalaya Regency, the problems are not existed due to the existence of local tradition in the community life as well as in governance and development. The research aimed to analyze local tradition existence called babadamian in rural development planning in Neglasari. Therefore, the research used qualitative research approach with in-depth interview and documentation as data collection techniques. The research results indicate that babadamian played a strategic role in rural development planning as a channel for the community to convey their aspiration. Local elites became the determinant of the babadamian existence since it gave a balanced space to intensively plan rural development along with village deliberation meeting that formally set by the state to be conducted at village level.