actie-tijd (English: “the (Aceh) war / action period”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. The 37-year Aceh War period (c.
Translation
the (Aceh) war / action period
Description
The 37-year Aceh War period (c. 1873–c. 1910) during which the Dutch military campaigned in Aceh. Source of much wordplay, jokes, mutual admiration of heroism, and the construction of roads and tramways by the Indisch Leger.
Significance
The term actie-tijd is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 78, 100, 104, 106.