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The design of a rencong depends largely on the social status of its owner. The most common type is made of brass or silver steel with a sheath of wood or buffalo horn. The rencong used by royalty is more ornate and less functional. Royal rencong have sheathes of ivory and blade made from gold, engraved with Quranic verses.
Rencong with wooden scabbard Rencong. The rencong or renchong is a pistol-gripped knife from Aceh. The blade is straight but with a slight curve. In terms of social stature, the rencong in Aceh is comparable to the kris in Malay and Javanese culture. Tumbok Lada. The tumbuk lada (or tumbuak lado in the Minangkabau language) is a Minang blade ...
English: The emblem of Aceh Special Region Province, Indonesia, achieved 1961. Featuring the image of rencong, scale, rice and cotton ears shaping mosque's dome, book or holy scripture (quran), factory roofs and Pancacita (five goals) motto.
No Emblem Name Description 1: Emblem of Aceh: The Coat of arms of Aceh is called the Pancacita just like its motto, a sanskrit word which means "five hopes" each represented by symbols inside the emblem: justice is represented by scales, heroism represented by a rencong knife, prosperity represented by rice, cotton, and chimney, harmony represented by a mosque dome, and religiosity represented ...
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Great Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh.The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census, [3] 391,870 at the 2015 census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 435,298 (comprising 208,110 males and 217,180 females). [1]
An Acehnese couple is seen with the man girded with a Rencong knife, circa 1939. Archaeological evidence show that the earliest inhabitants of Aceh were from the Pleistocene age, where they lived in the west coast of Aceh (Langsa and Aceh Tamiang Regency region) and exhibited Australomelanesoid characteristics. [15]
Regency / City Capital Regent/ Mayor Area (km 2) [1] Population (2019) [1] No. of Districts Kelurahan (urban village) / Gampong (village) Logo Location map 1