makan angin (English: “eating the wind (evening stroll)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Traditional evening outing/stroll.
Translation
eating the wind (evening stroll)
Description
Traditional evening outing/stroll. Recently practiced on moonlit evenings on the new ‘platje’ (platform) at Oelèë Lheuë.
Significance
The term makan angin 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. 47.