Alang (English: “Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang grass)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Tough grass covering large plains that should be forest; especially in Groot-Atjeh where reservation came too late; result of repeated burning preventing young-forest formation.
Translation
Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang grass)
Description
Tough grass covering large plains that should be forest; especially in Groot-Atjeh where reservation came too late; result of repeated burning preventing young-forest formation.
Significance
The term Alang 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. —.