depeq-winden / depeq-vischjes (English: “depeq-winds and depeq-fish”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. At Takengon, small fish (like ikan teri) caught only for a few weeks during the west monsoon when a powerful wind called the ‘depeq-wind’ drives them in large schools through the lake.
Translation
depeq-winds and depeq-fish
Description
At Takengon, small fish (like ikan teri) caught only for a few weeks during the west monsoon when a powerful wind called the ‘depeq-wind’ drives them in large schools through the lake. Subject of several legends; one says they are the transformed rice grains of a wedding feast, thrown into the lake by guests after the bride drowned herself in despair at being married to her own brother.
Significance
The term depeq-winden / depeq-vischjes 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. 77, 78.