Ciater village is situated….Originally it was a fertile forest area, therefore it was ideal to become a plantation area. Considering such conditions, the Dutch planned the critical of rubber and tea plantations.To clear the forest was not a simple task at the time due to the prevalent belief in ghost spirits which might disturb human beings. But unexpectedly, there came someone who was willing to clear the forest, his name was Embah Ebos, now known as Eyang Ebos or Embah Ebos (for this reason, it is assumed to be true that Embah Ebos cleared the forest in the area where the plantation and Ciater Village are now a plantation would not be possible without inhabitants).
It is believed that Embah Ebos was born in Ciamis and it’s said he was a wanderer. After the forest had been changed into a plantation area, which is Ciater, a horrible event took rubber plantations and that of pineapples.
Place, where no rains came for months (some people said that the rain did not fall for eight straight months). Embah Ebos and the people prayed to God for water, and their prayers were finally answered. There was a spout of water coming from bamboo tree which was called “Pohon Ater” (Ater Tree).
One source says that somebody called Embah Taji-malela tried to cut the Ater Tree and suddenly the water spouted beneath the tree, but another source says that the water spouted directly from the Ater Tree.
Based on these stories, people call the area cleared by Embah Ebos, ‘Ciater’, which means ‘water spouting be-neath the Ater Tree.Until now the water from (beneath) the Ater Tree never ceases, even during a long dry season.
The administrators of the plantation during the Dutch period were Mrs. Parante, BAL and Sturby, and during the second Dutch occupation in 1947 the administrators where Mrs. Dream, Peter and Sery (the spelling of their names is based on oral, not written evidence).
The construction of the tea factory in Ciater was not carried out by the locals, but by the outside people, since the Ciater people were mostly occupied on the plantation. Many of those from Dater wished to participate in the construction of the plant, but they were not allowed to by the Dutch.
During the Japanese occupation, the rubber and tea plantations (remains of the Dutch) were nearly by the planting of second crops, such as corn, potatoes, etc.
It is believed that Embah Ebos was born in Ciamis and it’s said he was a wanderer. After the forest had been changed into a plantation area, which is Ciater, a horrible event took rubber plantations and that of pineapples.
Place, where no rains came for months (some people said that the rain did not fall for eight straight months). Embah Ebos and the people prayed to God for water, and their prayers were finally answered. There was a spout of water coming from bamboo tree which was called “Pohon Ater” (Ater Tree).
One source says that somebody called Embah Taji-malela tried to cut the Ater Tree and suddenly the water spouted beneath the tree, but another source says that the water spouted directly from the Ater Tree.
Based on these stories, people call the area cleared by Embah Ebos, ‘Ciater’, which means ‘water spouting be-neath the Ater Tree.Until now the water from (beneath) the Ater Tree never ceases, even during a long dry season.
The administrators of the plantation during the Dutch period were Mrs. Parante, BAL and Sturby, and during the second Dutch occupation in 1947 the administrators where Mrs. Dream, Peter and Sery (the spelling of their names is based on oral, not written evidence).
The construction of the tea factory in Ciater was not carried out by the locals, but by the outside people, since the Ciater people were mostly occupied on the plantation. Many of those from Dater wished to participate in the construction of the plant, but they were not allowed to by the Dutch.
During the Japanese occupation, the rubber and tea plantations (remains of the Dutch) were nearly by the planting of second crops, such as corn, potatoes, etc.
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