This kanduri tradition of Apam is derived from a very poor Sufi in the Holy Land of Mecca. The poor man named Abdullah Rajab is a zahid who is very devout to Islam. Due to the extreme poverty, when he died there was not a single seed palm that could be handed over to the mercy of his death. Such a painful condition, coupled with the history of one's life, has generated a sense of pity for the villagers of their own village to hold a little sigh of homelessness in their homes. They cooked Apam for giving to others. That is the follow-up tradition of the toam Apam (cooking Apam), which until now still held the people of Aceh.
In addition to the buleuen Apam (Rajab moon), the fruits of Apam are also held on the day of death. When the corpse had been buried, everyone in the funeral was treated to the feast of Apam. The grave in this grave is not given the broth. Only eaten with a coconut-sized chunk of sugar (in lhok ngon u).
Kanduri Apam was also held in the cemetery after a great earthquake, such as the tsunami earthquake, Sunday, December 26, 2004. The goal is as a freshwater ceremony (peusijuek) back for the families of those who have died. As a result of a large earthquake, the corpse may have shifted his bones. In mourning for the situation, besides asking for mercy for the deceased, the Khanduri Apam was held.
In addition, there is also a saying that the background of the implementation of the festival of apam initially addressed to men who do not pray Friday to the mosque three times in a row, as the fine is ordered to make 100 pieces of cake to be delivered to the mosque and dikendurikan (eaten together) as alms. With the increasing number of people bringing the cake apam to the mosque will cause embarrassment because it is known by the public that the person often leave the Friday prayers.
