rambat (English: “raised floor section of the Acehnese house”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Connection between voor- and achtergalerij, with a raised floor and one or two steps.
Translation
raised floor section of the Acehnese house
Description
Connection between voor- and achtergalerij, with a raised floor and one or two steps. Only entered by housemates and intimate friends.
Significance
The term rambat 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. 159.