sawah / ladang (English: “irrigated rice field / dry (swidden) rice field”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Two types of rice cultivation in Aceh; the Atjeher can work systematically and persistently on both when necessary.
Translation
irrigated rice field / dry (swidden) rice field
Description
Two types of rice cultivation in Aceh; the Atjeher can work systematically and persistently on both when necessary.
Significance
The term sawah / ladang 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. 88, 104.