Kazen was a retired Ambonese Marechaussee of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen — a Ridder M.W.O. living at Koeta-Radja — who was one of the four slippendragers (pall-bearers) at the funeral of Dominee Thenu on 11 May 1937. The four — Salawono (3e kl.), Pattiasina, Kazen and Pattipuluhu — were all old, retired Marechaussees, all Ridders M.W.O.
The slippendragers
“Als slippendragers traden vier oude, gepensioneerde Marechaussees op, alle vier ridders M.W.O.: Salawono (3e kl.), Pattiasina, Kazen en Pattipuluhu.” The four retired M.W.O.-ridders living at Koeta-Radja were chosen to carry the dominee’s bier. The choice is the book’s most explicit statement of the moral economy of the Marechaussee: the men who had been decorated for courage under fire laid their decorations, in effect, at the feet of the man who had blessed them.
Significance
Kazen is significant in Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L. as one of the four retired M.W.O.-ridders who acted as slippendragers at the funeral of Dominee Thenu. The book’s argument is that the choice of four M.W.O.-ridders to carry the dominee’s bier was the moral economy of the Marechaussee made visible: the men of courage carrying the man of faith.
See Also
- Funeral of Dominee Thenu (11 May 1937)
- Dominee Thenu
- Salawono
- Pattiasina
- Pattipuluhu
- Militaire Willemsorde (M.W.O.)
- Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen
- Koeta-Radja
- 11 May
- 1937
Source
Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L., by G. W. T. Dames, Maj. Inf. K.N.I.L. b.d. (‘s-Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1954), chapter “Dominee Thenu.”
Kazen was a retired Ambonese Marechaussee of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen — a Ridder M.W.O. living at Koeta-Radja — who was one of the four slippendragers (pall-bearers) at the funeral of Dominee Thenu on 11 May 1937. The four — Salawono (3e kl.), Pattiasina, Kazen and Pattipuluhu — were all old, retired Marechaussees, all Ridders M.W.O.
The slippendragers
“Als slippendragers traden vier oude, gepensioneerde Marechaussees op, alle vier ridders M.W.O.: Salawono (3e kl.), Pattiasina, Kazen en Pattipuluhu.” The four retired M.W.O.-ridders living at Koeta-Radja were chosen to carry the dominee’s bier. The choice is the book’s most explicit statement of the moral economy of the Marechaussee: the men who had been decorated for courage under fire laid their decorations, in effect, at the feet of the man who had blessed them.
Significance
Kazen is significant in Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L. as one of the four retired M.W.O.-ridders who acted as slippendragers at the funeral of Dominee Thenu. The book’s argument is that the choice of four M.W.O.-ridders to carry the dominee’s bier was the moral economy of the Marechaussee made visible: the men of courage carrying the man of faith.
See Also
- Funeral of Dominee Thenu (11 May 1937)
- Dominee Thenu
- Salawono
- Pattiasina
- Pattipuluhu
- Militaire Willemsorde (M.W.O.)
- Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen
- Koeta-Radja
- 11 May
- 1937
Source
Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L., by G. W. T. Dames, Maj. Inf. K.N.I.L. b.d. (‘s-Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1954), chapter “Dominee Thenu.”