adat / adatwoning (English: “customary law/tradition / traditional house”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Adat: customary law/tradition.
Translation
customary law/tradition / traditional house
Description
Adat: customary law/tradition. Adatwoning: traditional house of the zelfbestuurder (self-administrator). Some old adat houses still decorated with beautiful wood carving inside and out.
Significance
The term adat / adatwoning 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. 43, 64.