Often do you buy souvenirs when traveling? People said that travelling is less complete if you come home without. One, two, three people might not be too concerned with things like this. But for 5,10,20 or even hundreds of people like this most sought after and hunted down, especially if people are home and the relatives had sent a message, “Do not forget by-by yes”.
Usually these souvenirs in the form of characteristic areas visited. Well if you're travelling to Aceh, select a souvenir typical of the region of Aceh. Aceh has many choices of shops that you can make a souvenir or a private collection. Among the many options make sure you have one of the 8 kinds of souvenirs typical of Aceh. The name might not be familiar for you and a souvenir of this most already milling about outside the country.
- RENCONG ACEH
rencong is the traditional weapon of Aceh. In fact, because so masyhurnya, Aceh is nicknamed as the “Land Rencong”. Dagger symbolizes the greatness of the nobility and courage of the fighters and the people of Aceh in the period of Japanese occupation of the Netherlands. Almost every fighter Aceh, equip him with the dagger as a self defense tool.
Now, Dagger is no longer used as a self defense tool or weapon. Dagger has been turned into a souvenir that can be found in almost all craft shops typical of Aceh. In addition to the made like the original form, the rencong is also combined with other aspects, such as brooches shaped rencong up wall hangings with glass frame.
If you want to see how to make it, you can come directly to Suka makmur sub-District, namely in the Village of Baet Sibreh, Aceh besar. We will find the people who are banging the iron and cast the highest brass. Baet Sibreh is the center of the maker of the dagger of the largest in Aceh. In the village that most of its inhabitants do the job as craftsmen dagger. The price variation depends on size, dagger of around Rp 150.000, rencong small Rp 70,000 to Rp 80,000.
2.PINTO ACEH
Pinto Aceh began to popular in 1935, its popularity has attracted many women fans of the traditional jewelry, the good women of Aceh and the people outside Aceh. Up until now, every people outside Aceh who visit the country almost certainly will take home one of the jewelry that is patterned Pinto Aceh.
Motive pinto Aceh initially just be in some type as a chignon, bangles, earrings, rings, necklaces, pins, clasps gold to tie, and the other has now grown in a variety of other products such as t-shirts, shirts, skull caps, invitation, table, chair, frame door, veil, kebaya, the bottom of the pants, a variety of decorative household and sauvenir typical Aceh.
Up the motif of “Pinto Aceh” was inspired from the buildings of the pinto khob, one of the monuments relics of Iskandar Muda that is now become a place of recreation located on the edge of the river (krueng) Daroy.
- BAG ACEH
Whether you prefer shopping, don't miss out on the opportunity of shopping bags ethnic Aceh to add to the fashion collection you. Bag of Aceh in addition to beautiful and unique design, the motif Aceh is also known smooth because it is done with machine embroidery.
Not only meet the market some of the neighboring counties, a bag of Aceh also sent to some other provinces in the country, such as Medan, Jakarta and Java Island.
The uniqueness of the bags of Aceh looks at the variety of the touch of ethnic motifs derived from each region of Aceh. Among them there are bags of Aceh patterned openwork gayo, motif pucok reubong, bags motifs pinto Aceh. Bag motif pinto Aceh ever popular in Jakarta and got the appreciation that prides in Malaysia, Singapore, the United States and Canada.