The Acehnese war against the Dutch erupted violently in 1873, many of the victims were killed on the Dutch side and despair because the war that did not end up making the Dutch implement a new strategy by forming troops marsose.
According to the cultural aceh western Isnu kembara "the cruel marsose troop actions against the people of aceh, making the resistance of the people no longer grouped but facing the Dutch military forces individually by killing spontaneously. Anytime and where if you meet the Dutch, the aceh people in those days immediately killed without fear of being killed by the Dutch.
The spirit of sabil saga in poh kaphe makes the people of Aceh to compete against the Dutch in the hope of sha'ty death or shahit reward, and this action makes the Dutch do not run out of thought with the actions and behaviors of aceh people who are considered insane.
Then the term atjeh moorden or aceh pungo is so popular among the Dutch military that the sense of kwatir began to afflict Dutch military officials if assigned to aceh.Though the Dutch hope with the form of marsose troops will make the resistance of the people of Aceh will increasingly faded then surrendered, but vice versa. the people of Aceh are increasingly desperate to attack military barracks, marsose troop convoys even enter the military officer's residence only with capital rencong and machete slipped in the waist and it is only done by an ordinary aceh people and some not from fighters.
Finally the Dutch kingdom sent Dr.RH Kern government advisory affairs kebumiputeraan to examine the behavior of people everyday aceh whether really crazy. it turns out from the results of research conducted in the months it turns out the conclusion penilitian show that the nature of killing aceh a typical person is done by people who are not disturbed soul .. aka sane people. Then what is the background so that the act of killing is fearing the Dutch .... the answer is a burning resentment in the hearts of aceh people by holding the principle of "tung when" must be done.
This is one of the stories why dutch call aceh moorden or aceh pungo to the people of aceh in antiquity and the term is very popular in everyday life of aceh people, feel proud in calling aceh pungo but furious when called ace crazy. whereas the same meaning is just a different meaning.