moesson (English: “monsoon”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Climatic seasons that differ across regions of Aceh and determine whether farmers plant late-, mid-, or early-ripening rice varieties.
Translation
monsoon
Description
Climatic seasons that differ across regions of Aceh and determine whether farmers plant late-, mid-, or early-ripening rice varieties.
Significance
The term moesson 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. 210.