Rasi (Cassava Rice) as an Authentic Product of Cireundeu in Supporting Gastronomic Tourism

Ethnobotany of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in the traditional peri-urban Sundanese community of Cireundeu Hamlet, Cimahi City, West Java, Indonesia

“…They adapted to local ecological conditions. Nowadays, however, rice is the main staple food for most households in Indonesia (Hafizah et al 2020;Adiputra et al 2021;Kartika and Fajri 2021;Maman et al 2021;Mardiharini et al 2023). Rice has been perceived by the rural people not only as an important main staple food, but also as a symbol of social status.…”

“…Like most of the Sundanese communities of West Java, the traditional communities living in Cireundeu Hamlet, Cimahi Peri-urban, West Java, have a tradition of consuming cassava rice instead of rice, called rasi, which means beras singkong (cassava rice) (Kartika and Fajri 2021). For the Cireundeu people, planting and consuming cassava have been practiced for a long time, this has been done since 1924 for generations.…”

“…Studies on Cireundeu cassava have been carried out by various researchers, including on the tradition of eating cassava rice among the Cireundeu people (Nanda et al 2019) the ethno-agricultural aspects of Cireundeu's traditional community (Primasongko and Raihandhany 2022) the geographical factors that influence the Cireundeu people to consume cassava as a main staple food (Maryani 2022) the cultural value of cassava food as an attraction for tourist visiting the Cireundeu Traditional Village (Kartika and Fajri 2021;Priyanto and Desmafianti 2023) the tradition of cassava consumption of the Cireundeu people and the food security of the village community (Logayah et al 2021) and various factors that may determine why the Cireundeu people are consuming the cassava as a main staple food (Adiputra et al 2021). Local knowledge of the community in utilizing cassava has been widely studied, but the study of folk taxonomy of cassava is currently not much studied, especially in Java.…”