klewangaanvallen (English: “Klewang attacks (sword attacks)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Sword attacks by Acehnese fighters on railway repair parties; repairs often had to be done under fire at risk of such attacks.
Translation
Klewang attacks (sword attacks)
Description
Sword attacks by Acehnese fighters on railway repair parties; repairs often had to be done under fire at risk of such attacks.
Significance
The term klewangaanvallen 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. 292.