angkaphuwelijk (English: “matriarchal marriage form (Gajo)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Marriage form in Gajo — a matriarchal element inserted into a patriarchal system; the man follows the woman, is incorporated into the wife’s lineage, and the married man and his offspring come under the authority of the father-in-law (not the mother-in-law).
Translation
matriarchal marriage form (Gajo)
Description
Marriage form in Gajo — a matriarchal element inserted into a patriarchal system; the man follows the woman, is incorporated into the wife’s lineage, and the married man and his offspring come under the authority of the father-in-law (not the mother-in-law). The institution remains patriarchal but with a matriarchal insertion.
Significance
The term angkaphuwelijk 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. 119.