about the lifestyle and customs of Acehnese people ever written by Denys Lombard in his book The Kingdom of Aceh Iskandar Muda Age. Denys is one of the historical researchers from France. in writing published in 1967, Denys Lombard has tried to make an analysis of Aceh's history not only based on the European orientation that many Western scholars hold. But Lombard has tried it by looking from the "inside" of the Asian orientation.
denys Lombard reviews a bit more about the lifestyle of the Acehnese. One of them is from Peter Mundy, a European traveler who came to Aceh in 1637he described, the Acehnese were generally made of blue calico of the best type and the color was violet.
According to Peter Mundy, the Acehnese wear a turban bound like a scroll on their heads in such a way that the top of their head is not closed. "As our girls use when upholding their milk," Denys Lombard said based on Peter Mundy's travel records.
while on the shoulders, the Acehnese wear a shirt or a vest with a broad, not-so-tight monstrous wide sleeves and wrists on the wrist. a "lunghee" wrapped around the waist, a long sword on the side, more or less like the way in South India, which hinges on a belt that is set.
"They also wear a dagger like a dagger (rencong). All the men shaved their upper lip and chin. all roads are barefoot from the king to the most beggar beggars, "wrote Denys Lombard again quoting Peter Mundy.
the dressed style of the Acehnese is very different from Dampier's travel notes, one of the European explorers and other navigational experts who came to Aceh in 1688. Dampier gave paintings, Acehnese men wearing the proper krib in the head. This kuta is made of red woolen fabrics or other colors and the shape is like a hat without edge.
"They were wearing shorts and nobles wearing a loose piece of silk over their shoulders, but naked people from the waist up. they also do not wear socks or shoes and are just the rich who wear some kind of sandals, "Lombard quoted Dampier as saying.
In addition to the description Denys Lombard, PDIA has also been published how the people of Aceh dressed in the kingdom first through the photos. the images of the Acehnese were then printed in the Dutch Colonial Warbook in Aceh.
Here's a picture of the people of Aceh past and his clothes:
