onderhoofden-actie (English: “under-chiefs’ movement”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. A movement in various landschappen where under-chiefs (onderhoofden) act against their head; exists in more or less concealed form across landschappen.
Translation
under-chiefs’ movement
Description
A movement in various landschappen where under-chiefs (onderhoofden) act against their head; exists in more or less concealed form across landschappen. Flared up acutely in one landschap, leading to the ‘operette van Tjaleuë’.
Significance
The term onderhoofden-actie 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. 106.