Weefscholen (English: “Weaving schools”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Schools at Oelèë Lheuë and Samalanga opened on the initiative of local oelèëbalangs to promote old Atjehsch weaving and silk culture.
Translation
Weaving schools
Description
Schools at Oelèë Lheuë and Samalanga opened on the initiative of local oelèëbalangs to promote old Atjehsch weaving and silk culture.
Significance
The term Weefscholen 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. 312.