jeungki

Jeungki, one of the rice pounders. Formerly used by Acehnese in rural areas, is now beginning to be rare in North Aceh and other areas. The scarcity occurred during the proliferation of mini rice mills in various villages, so housewives tended to bring dried grain to the shorter, faster-processing minerals.
The people of Aceh make Jeungki from mene trees that are well made and full of art. The length of Jeungki 2.5 meters with at the end is made alu, usually for the soft wooden pestle diujungnya made dimples also from timber trees mane or other wood. Formerly, every house has Jeungki, because with Jeungki the grinding process of grain (rice) is more pure. Especially when approaching the day of Eid, many housewives in the countryside, start doing pound flour (top teupong) as raw materials of various types of preparation cake in welcoming Lebaran guests who come to his house. In addition to being used as a tool of grinding dry grain and teupung, Jeungki for the people of Aceh, especially for housewives and virgin gampong, can also be used as a means of sports, because with the system of rice pounding in Aceh language called (Rhak Jeungki) muscle 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 for the Eid day, in a jeungki there are four-to-five women working help each other. For the girls stand stepping on the edge of jeungki, while housewives sit on the edge of the dimples keeping the flour while slashing (hayak). With the Jeungki also become a culture of mutual help or cooperate housewives in every way. However, as long as the scarcity of Jeungki for village women began to be divided also the familiarity and togetherness in the gampong. It is most regrettable during the disappearance of Jeungki in Aceh, in addition to losing togetherness among housewives. Also the most sad for the village girls in Aceh, many do not know jeungki rice pestle, besides the girls are also unable to mix the cake. Especially in recent years, it became the custom of each Lebaran various types of cakes purchased in the city that has been termed "Cake Tunyok" atinya cake when purchased ditunuk, this sekilo-it two pounds. In fact, for the people of Aceh something should not happen and can eliminate the culture of the people of Aceh. Even a typical Timphan aceh cake can not be made anymore.