ORANG ACEH DALAM SEJARAH SUMATERA Seorang peneliti sekaligus penjelajah asal Inggris bernama William Marsden, memulai pengamatan ke Pulau Sumatera pada tahun 1771. Ia berhasil mengungkapkan hal-hal yang tidak belum terungkap sebelumnya, bukunya, The History of Sumatra merupakan sebuah karya besar … Continue reading
MARSOSE CORPS, THE DUTCH SPECIAL ARMY DURING ACEH WAR The Marechaussee te Voet Corps, known in Indonesia as Marsose corps, was a military unit established during the colonial period of the Dutch East Indies by the KNIL (colonial army) as … Continue reading
ACEH CRAZY OR ACEH PUNGO. Aceh Pungo (Bahasa Indonesia: Aceh Gila) is known in Dutch by the name of Aceh Moorden. The word “Pungo” is an ancient word that is equivalent to the Acehnese language meaning “crazy” is a term used when a person does things beyond reasonable limits. Continue reading
SECANGKIR KOPI DARI ACEH. Rasa dan aroma kopi Aceh yang kuat, membangunkan alam sadar kita bahwa sejarah tak banyak mengkisahkan kemenangan, ada banyak kepergian dan kehilangan, bahwa yang paling penting itu bukanlah kemenangan atau kekalahan, melainkan perjuangan. Continue reading
A WEEK AFTER THE ACEH TSUNAMI (2004)
When the nights can’t sleep the awakened souls
Tired of forged hot sun burning
And the crashing waves had passed
Leave the debris strewn all over Continue reading
SEMINGGU SETELAH TSUNAMI ACEH
Bersama orang-orang tegar bersimbah air mata
Bersama kelemahan kami mencoba menguatkan diri
Menatap hari yang akan berlalu terus berganti
Karena kami tidak lemah, kami orang-orang perkasa Continue reading
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM: The Unfinished Diary of Tengku Hasan di Tiro; Published by; National Liberation Front of Acheh Sumatra; 1984. Review and Free download, Continue reading
PEUCUT. Pekuburan “Peucut”, adalah nama sebuah tempat dimana serdadu-serdadu Belanda selama Perang Aceh-Belanda dikuburkan di Banda Aceh. (The “Peucut” cemetery, is the name of a place where Dutch soldiers during the Aceh-Dutch War were buried in Banda Aceh.) Continue reading
PEUCUT KHERKOFF, ACEH-DUTCH WAR MONUMENT. Witness of the Aceh-Dutch War. Peucut explains, not only how great the resistance of the Acehnese people against the Dutch colonialism, but has shown that the Dutch pay a high price for their presence in Aceh. We must honor and preserve these historical monuments in order to remain a great deal and a warning for posterity that our ancestors have sacrificed much for freedom. Continue reading
