Religion Realm

In the archipelago region, there is the Devayan tribe in the southern part of Simeulue Island. The language is used especially by the residents of Simeulue. Rice farming activities there are coordinated by a traditional institution known as Jurun Belang & the person who organizes, plans & carries out this task is called harie. According to Mahmud Ibrahim, the oldest residents came from Old Malay and moved to Sumamah, then to Serbajadi, Lingga, Nosar & Isaq via the Penarun River. This region is also the entrance & exit from the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean. In an expedition, Zheng He brought back various awards & envoys from more than 30 Kingdoms including King Alagonakkara from Sri Lanka, who came to China to apologize to the King of China via this island. In the beginning, there was a group of humans who moved from one realm to another, and they also encountered native humans in Indonesia & this group of humans is called the origin of the Malay Mongoli

Another ethnic group is the Singkil tribe in Subulussalam City & Singkil Regency. Some people think that the meaning of the name comes from the word sekel which has the meaning in the society of want and wish, then it was changed to singkel as confirmation of the regional name until finally over time the people said it with the word Singkil. According to other sources, this word, apart from having want as the meaning, also has other meanings, including the meaning of stopping, and is supported by another note that the meaning of this word is to get away. But more broadly, this tribe is also known as a community domiciled in this area which generally used to live in the watershed, starting from Teluk Ambun to Pemuka on the river & Lae Sulampi to Lae Langge as well as other tributaries. However, there are different opinions from several experts regarding where it is currently located. According to Tome Pires, a Portuguese recorder, at that time, many of the residents, especially

Another ethnic group is the Aneuk Jamee tribe in the western & southern regions. The residents of Blangporoh village do not come from ancestors, so this community is not united by genealogy, but rather by marriage ties between residents of one village and residents of neighboring villages. This tribe is the descendants of Minangkabau migrants who migrated to Aceh & have acculturated with the Acehnese tribe. At that time, many Minang people avoided the upheaval & colonialism of the Dutch East Indies. Rituals in Southeast Asian society form part of a system. This applies to every ritual starting from pregnancy rituals, birth, death & rituals related to ancestors. As a result, representatives of various cultures of people in the Middle East & India have mixed with indigenous practices & beliefs (animism). In the past, the city of Labuhan Haji had a great history as a port city. As people who have visited the Holy Land, they have a direct opportunity to improve comm

The second largest tribe is the Gayo tribe who inhabit the Gayo Highlands region. They speak Gayo. This language belongs to a language group called the Northwest Sumatra Barrier Islands of the Austronesian language family. This language in Lokop is slightly different from the Gayo language in Gayo Kalul, Gayo Lut, Linge & Gayo Lues. Some of the famous dances from this ethnicity are Saman, Bines, Didong, Guel & Munalu. Even though the majority of Gayo people do not include their surname, there is still a small number who do, especially those who live in the Bebesen area. Until now it is still maintained & respected by the residents. Many tourists visit here and make the crafts produced by this community as souvenirs when they visit. This society is an integral part of the Indonesian nation. This young generation must now be grateful to God & grateful to their predecessors, because their predecessors/ancestors have taken the trouble to carve out and pioneer their long his

Acehnese folk legend states that the first Acehnese came from the Mante tribe, the Mante tribe is a local ethnic group that is part of the Alas tribe. They speak Alas. The dance of this ethnic group is mesekat. This tribe is contained in the northern Batak family. The name of their region is called Tanoh Alas because it was the former Kingdom of Raja Alas. After King Lambing, who led this kingdom, stepped down, his reins were taken by King Dewa, whose wife was the daughter of King Lambing. Evidence of this historical site is still available in Muara Lawe Panggang, Batumbulan village. At the beginning of his arrival, King Dewa migrated through the eastern coast before there was an agreement above, he still adhered to the matrilinealistic culture of Minangkabau, until his son Raja Alas as the heir to the Kingdom followed the lineage & clan of his mother, namely Selian. This community had lived in the Alas Valley, long before the Dutch Colonial Government entered Indonesia, where the

Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam is located in the north of Sumatra Island, between 2 - 6º N & 95º - 98º E. This region is also the entrance & exit from the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean. History has recorded that this region was the first Islamic Kingdom in Southeast Asia in the 16th & 17th centuries AD.