bamboe-paggers (English: “bamboo fences (sharpened stakes)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Notorious Atjehnese bamboo fences: a double hedge of sharply pointed bamboo stakes, oriented so an intruder anywhere faces the threat of these vicious spikes.
Translation
bamboo fences (sharpened stakes)
Description
Notorious Atjehnese bamboo fences: a double hedge of sharply pointed bamboo stakes, oriented so an intruder anywhere faces the threat of these vicious spikes. Above the entrance gate, a covered platform on high poles serves as a watchtower.
Significance
The term bamboe-paggers 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. 64.