There are various purposes for people to explore, study, and use history. There is for intelligence purposes, to get an academic degree, just to be curious and some for self-knowledge. Whatever the goal will lead to inner satisfaction.
I am one of those people who like to study history, which some people say are only stories of people who have died. History is more than just talking romantically about the narrow past, as people claim, the wives can be called historians, when they fight with their husbands all the past events are revealed.
No, it is not so Neneng, that historical exploration is more about the knowledge of the journey of the "theater" of oneself because human movements in space and time and the rotation of the universe are not accidental.
Allah SWT has planned everything, not except for the wooden leaves that fall from the branches. Everything is the secret of Allah SWT, only a few leaks to humans who want to think.
When I was meditating in the cave, there was a war in my heart, what exactly brought me to Mendale? Why when conflict do I feel safe there? How is Mendale's relationship with Kenawat? It turns out that there are all historical threads that connect them. Subhan Allah!
In ancient times, royal envoys came from the coast who obliged the kingdom centered in Kebaya to submit to them, but because of the treacherous actions of people in the palace, they conveyed the twisted news that it was as if the kingdom refused to submit. Whereas on the contrary, the king had declared his readiness to be under the coastal kingdom.
The twisted statement of the king in Kebayakan angered the king on the coast, so they fought the king in Kebayakan. In that incident only two people survived; Tengku Malun is popularly known as Sapuarang and Tengku Suhu Renem who was the son of the royal commander.
They shifted to Blang Kolak (Musara Alun Square now), but the troops of the coastal king and the traitor knew the whereabouts, so that the two royal heirs in Kebayakan were forced to move to Hakim Bale, but it is still unknown. Finally, they fled to Kenawat (house in a tree).
Tengku Malun and Tengku Suhu Renem divided Kampung Kenawat into two Blahs, namely; Blah Setie Reje, namely the descendants of Tengku Suhu Renem, while the descendants of Tengku Malun became Blah Kemala.
It was this historical connection that made the parents in Kebayakan, during the conflict, get angry when a certain group planned to burn down Kenawat Lut Village. So strong was the bond between the two of them, that parents were willing to bathe in blood if something happened to Kenawat Lut's village.
"If they had the chance to burn Kenawat Lut's village, then we Kebayakan people were ready to rise up to fight against that group," said the parents of Kebayakan at that time.
In the past month, I have frequently been to Kenawat, making pilgrimages to the graves of my father and mother. One time, from Kampung Mendale I was going to Kenawat, I stopped by because I had not visited my cousin for a long time, you are the son who lives at the Morning Market and works at KUA Bebesen.
He invited me to his office, actually, I didn't like crowds, but because of courtesy and respect for my brother, I was forced to just go along. At the KUA there are several young couples who are getting married and some are registering to end their celibacy and their maiden years. I remember the lyrics of the Malay song, "The history of bachelors is over, the first night is a wonderful memory."
Mendale, Aceh Sumatra,Indonesia
Note: This article is a free translation of my writing which has already been posted on other social media and local newspapers.