The Dayah Pool is one of a place in the village of Paloh Dayah, Muara Satu, Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The name of the village is Paloh Dayah and there is a pool that right in front of the Meunasah of that village. So that, where the pool is called by the name is Dayah Pool.
Because the people there are used to calling the name of the pool, the name of the dayah pool or that the pool in the village of Paloh Dayah, the pool that is right in front of the village's Meunasah cause that is called the dayah pool.
However, the official name of the Dayah Pool is Teungku Chik Di Paloh Pool. Teungku CHik Di Paloh is a spiritual figure in this area who lived several hundred years ago.
The pool is used as a place for swimming by a children in the village of Paloh Dayah, two years age of the children are good at swimming because of the pool. Paloh Dayah is far from the sea and there are no rivers there.
Paloh Dayah Located Between The Hills
Paloh dayah is also a village located between the hills, to be precise in the highlands so there is no sea or river there, so with the one pool that the children of Paloh Dayah, even though they are only two years old, are already good at swimming.
The pool is visited every day by the children of the Paloh Dayah village, the location is also very strategic, not far from the children's house. The pool is very deep but the Paloh Dayah children’s are not afraid to swim in the pool at all.
The rope in the water in the paddle pool is a place to hold on for children who are just learning to swim. Photo by Jamaluddin-Lodin LA.
Even so, of course they are supervised by an adults people, it doesn't mean that they swim there among themselves. They are under adult supervision.Good swimmers are not taught by anyone, they learn to swim by themselves there.
Just the names of the children so no time is wasted on the days they go to through, the days that the children are always playing and playing. All a children will be like that, no matter what country the children come from, they will surely spend their days with playing.
And of course depending on the country of each child, they will play according to the games in their country. But the swimming is there, in every country is there must be a people who can swim because swimming is included in one of the sports categories in the world.
Paloh Dayah Children Every Time Will Be Happy
Maybe the Paloh Dayah children can winner the swimming championship if there is a swimming competition held in that place, but in the area of the Paloh Dayah children there are rarely swimming competitions. The government in their area rarely makes swimming competitions.
The rope in the water in the paddle pool is a place to hold on for children who are just learning to swim. Photo by Jamaluddin-Lodin LA.
Paloh Dayah’s children will be happy every time because in their village there is a swimming pool and they can swim there for a free. If they want to swim in that the pool they don't have to pay and can swim upto your heart's content.
They can swim all day a long, and when the school holidays come they must spend all day that swimming in the pool on Paloh Dayah village. No hot, no feeling of hunger, obviously because the children were having fun for swimming. Then the feeling of hunger and stifling has been denied from them selfves.
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April 6, 2023
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Thayeb Loh Angen
Author’s asst. Syukri Isa Bluka Teubai.
Captions for All Photos: The Dayah Pool in Paloh Dayah, the City of Lhokseumawe, Muara Satu, Aceh, April 5, 2023. Photo by Jamaluddin-Lodin LA. With the Nikon D7000 Camera, 18-55 Kit Lens.
