hadji (English: “pilgrim to Mecca”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Older people who properly fulfill religious duties and hadjis frequently wear small white caps.
Translation
pilgrim to Mecca
Description
Older people who properly fulfill religious duties and hadjis frequently wear small white caps.
Significance
The term hadji 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. 156.