Bruidschat is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Bride price paid by groom’s family; for Amat Leupon’s marriage to Intjah one tahil (~f 40.-), for which Amat’s mother had to sell a cow.
Description
Bride price paid by groom’s family; for Amat Leupon’s marriage to Intjah one tahil (~f 40.-), for which Amat’s mother had to sell a cow.
Significance
The term Bruidschat 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. 384.