One interesting thing about our trip this time was visiting the Traditional Aceh Souvenir Market in Aceh Besar. The Traditional Aceh Souvenir Market is precisely located in Gurah Village, Peukan Bada District, Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh Province. Previously this area was only a farming area owned by residents, after the Aceh Tsunami in 2004, some of the farming areas here were made into the Traditional Aceh Souvenir Market by local residents.
This Traditional Aceh Souvenir Market is relatively simple and basic, even as seen in the picture that all of these traditional souvenir shops do not have permanent doors and walls, like jambo as it is commonly called in Acehnese. That means that every trader who trades only brings his merchandise in the morning and brings all his merchandise home in the afternoon.
This Traditional Aceh Souvenir Market is relatively simple and basic, even as seen in the picture that all of these traditional souvenir shops do not have permanent doors and walls, like jambo as it is commonly called in Acehnese. That means that every trader who trades only brings his merchandise in the morning and brings all his merchandise home in the afternoon.
There are two types of traders who trade in this market, the first are traders who have stalls, and the second are traders who carry their wares and will offer them to all visitors who pass by, such as traders of songket cloth or sarong cloth and the like.
This market is classified as a small market, because the shops that are actively trading are only a dozen shops, and the types of merchandise they sell are goods or objects that have typical Acehnese characteristics. The types of souvenirs that we can get here include:
1. Aweuk
The word "Aweuk" comes from the Acehnese language, aweuk. Its shape is almost like a spoon with a longer handle. The size of the aweuk is very dependent on the size of the coconut shell used as the raw material. Aweuk is used to stir vegetables and curries that are being cooked and also functions like a soup spoon to take it after cooking. For large aweuk, it is usually used at kenduri events for lots of dishes.
2. Lusong
Nowadays we often see that this lusong is often used in geprek chicken stalls to crush chicken meat, while in the past this lusong was often used to pound spices to make traditional medicine, indeed this lusong has many benefits, even among our grandmothers we often see them grinding betel nuts for the basic ingredients of "Ranup Aceh" or Betel Aceh.
3. Tanca
In this modern era, we have often seen spoons made of metal, because everyone uses metal spoons in general, but in the Acehnese traditional souvenir market, spoons made of wood are still sold, which we can find. use it to bribe rice, which is usually called "Tanca" in Acehnese.
4. Beulangong Tanoh
"Beulangong" bersal dari bahasa aceh, yang artinya adalah belanga. Jadi Beulangong Tanoh adalah Belanga yang terbuat dari tanah. Bentuknya bundar dengan mulut besar atau dengan kata lain antara bagian bawah dan atas sama besarnya. Blangong dipakai untuk tempat memasak sayur atau menggulai ikan dan daging. Selain itu juga digunakan untuk menggongseng biji kopi sebelum digiling atau ditumbuk. Blangong dibuat dari tanah liat dengan mempergunakan teknik putar di atas mal yang digunakan sebagai acuan. Setelah kering, kemudian dibakar dan siap untuk dipakai.
5. Aweuk Bruek Keu Karah
Aweuk Bruek Keu Karah is one of the tools used to make Acehnese cakes called bruek karah-karah. In Indonesian it can be called tempurung karah-karah. Bruek keukarah is made from coconut shells with one third of the coconut shell cut off. At the bottom, small circular holes are made and a wooden handle is attached to the top of the shell. How to use bruek karah-karah is by inserting the melted karah-karah dough into the bruek karah-karah. After that, the dough in the bruek karah-karah is inserted into the oil by tapping the bruek karah-karah slowly while rotating it in a circle on the oil until the desired cake thickness.
6. Geulungku
Geulungku is a tool for measuring coconuts commonly used by Acehnese people. Geulungku is made of a wooden block with a flat iron with teeth like a saw attached to the end, called the eye of geulungku. As a tool for measuring coconuts, its use is very simple. The person who is going to measure the coconut simply sits on its back and then the coconut that has been split in half is rubbed on the jagged eye of geulungku.
7. Ulok
Ulok is a type of grinder that can crush or crush all kinds of cooking spices such as pepper, red onion, garlic, coriander and so on.Some of the ulok are made of wood and some are made of stone that is carved in such a way by adding a wooden handle or a long stone as a grinder. Almost all Acehnese households cannot be separated from this ulok device. This is because Aceh cuisine, which uses a lot of spices, is very easy to destroy or smooth with this ulok tool.
Apart from the 7 examples above, there are many other types of traditional Acehnese souvenirs that are sold in this market, such as jeu e, salang, reungkan, and many more, all of which are types of traditional Acehnese kitchen utensils that were used in ancient times. However, nowadays some traditional kitchen tools are still used, such as leusong or ulok, tools like this are still used by the people of Aceh as traditional kitchen tools in general.
Many traditional Acehnese souvenirs are made from selected wood, so they can last for years as our kitchen tools, for example, the spice grinder commonly called ulok, it is made from selected wood and can last for years, as long as it doesn't fall and break.
It can be said that almost all of the traditional Acehnese kitchen tools that were used in ancient times are still used in modern times today, although there are a small number of people who live in cities who no longer use traditional tools like this.
So, from our trip this time we can conclude that, sometimes there are things that existed in ancient times that still exist and are used in modern times like today, even though these objects are displayed in museums as ancient equipment.
Thank you for those of you who have read my writing this time, hopefully it can be useful knowledge for all of you. continue to follow our travel story, and see you in our next travel story.
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