Jeungki part 2

in dolar •  7 years ago 

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In addition to being used as a tool of grinding dry grain and flour, jeungki for the people of Aceh, especially for housewives and also for the virgin gampong, can also be used as a means of sports, because with the system of rice pounding in the language called Aceh (Rhak Jeungki) strengthen the muscles and limb movements for women gampong regularly, also become an economic savings in the household.
The habits of rural women busy doing top teupong as a preparation menu to welcome the day of Eid, and at this time in the welcome of Lebaran almost no sound jeungki everywhere, rice that will be punctured until smooth and dihayak (filter) wear cloth smooth and thin hijab and after being dried then dried under the sun until the flour is completely dry and can then be used to make various kinds of Lebaran pastries. In a jeungki there are 4 to 5 women working and duty together and help each other in a stand-up or alternately stepping on the tip of jeungki, and some sitting on the edge of the dimple keeping the flour while smoothing the flour (hayak).
With the jeungki also become a culture of mutual help or cooperate housewives in every way. And since the scarcity of jeungki makes the relationship of housewives in a village becomes a loose intimacy and togetherness in the gampong. As a result of the scarcity of jeungki in various rural areas can also be said that also lost kesersangan among mothers in rural areas.
And jeungki is also a traditional tool of Acehnese people to pound rice, and often also said to pound coffee, flour, etc.
There are two types of ways of using jeungki known by the people of Aceh are:
Jeungki is man-driven
Jeungki ie driven using a waterwheel used to generate electrical energy, and commonly used by the people of Aceh are far from the city (depth) that has not been divided electricity.

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