Orang nakal is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Term used by oelèëbalang Teukoe Oemar of Keumangan for those incarcerated; he wondered why they longed for the fine prisons.

Description

Term used by oelèëbalang Teukoe Oemar of Keumangan for those incarcerated; he wondered why they longed for the fine prisons.

Significance

The term Orang nakal is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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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. 366.