koepiah / toengkat (legend) (English: “cap / staff (of the sea saint)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. The petrified cap (koepiah, kopiah) and staff (toengkat, tungkat) of the Tapa Toean sea saint, lying as two rocks in the sea bay at Tapa Toean.
Translation
cap / staff (of the sea saint)
Description
The petrified cap (koepiah, kopiah) and staff (toengkat, tungkat) of the Tapa Toean sea saint, lying as two rocks in the sea bay at Tapa Toean. Fishermen avoid them but accidental contact is a good omen.
Significance
The term koepiah / toengkat (legend) 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. 52.