kaoems (English: “familiegroepen (kinship groups) in Atjeh”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Family groups in Aceh, now disappeared.
Translation
familiegroepen (kinship groups) in Atjeh
Description
Family groups in Aceh, now disappeared. Their disappearance has weakened the incest taboo within one’s own kin group in Atjeh; in Gajo the taboo is still strictly observed.
Significance
The term kaoems 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. 123.