teureuban (English: “turban (used here as corpse head-cloth)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Large cloth placed under the head of a deceased man as part of the shrouding.
Translation
turban (used here as corpse head-cloth)
Description
Large cloth placed under the head of a deceased man as part of the shrouding.
Significance
The term teureuban 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. 174.