The Meulasah

The Story of our "Meulasah"

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Meulasah is a simple building owned by all the villages in the entire region of Aceh, formerly Meulasah building is made with a very simple concept and use wood as the main construction materials, as well as resident houses owned by local residents, excess Meulasah as a building sacred only seen from the ornaments and carvings in some parts.

However, over time, many Meulasah buildings have been rehabilitated or recently constructed with concrete construction, the reason is because of the scarcity of quality materials and wood because the forests have been expanded and converted into plantation land owned by big businessmen

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Meulasah function

Meulasah is a sacred and central building for every village in Aceh, apart from being a place of worship and discussion, before there was a village office assistance from the Government, Meulasah also served as a village or village center, in general, Meulasah function in culture, culture and local wisdom the people of Aceh are as follows:

• House of Worship
  The people of Aceh are supposed to perform the five obligatory prayers in congregation in Meulasah, while for Friday Prayers, to be held at the Mosque, Meulasah is also the center of activity in the holy month of Ramadan, from breaking fast together, Taraweh Prayer together and continued with Tadarus Qur'an

• Place of Deliberation
  Meulasah is the main venue for deliberation on all matters concerning Village development program, as well as a means to resolve all disputes among villagers, because in the Acehnese culture all problems, big and small, will first be solved at the village level , if there is no meeting point, then the case will be transferred to the Police for further legal process

• Education Center
  Meulasah is a place of study to study the science of religion, general knowledge and also as a place to conduct various skills training aimed to increase people's income

• Center for Culture and Religious Rituals
  All activities related to religion and religion will always be held here, such as the commemoration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, S.A.W, Kenduri Reject Bala and several other specific events such as skill competitions for children and others.

One thing that has begun to be abandoned and forgotten from Meulasah's main function by the Youth is Meulasah as a break for the unmarried young people in every village, according to the stories of the parents, once when they were single, no single young man sleeps in home at night, they are sleeping together in Meulasah after returning from the study house and will be awakened at Dawn by the village Imam, so there will always be Dawn Prayers in congregation, but now as time passes, this habit begins to leave.

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The pictures that became the content of this post is a description of one of Meulasah which is still in the old concept, which is using wooden construction as the main material complete with ornaments carving and slightly modified with modern materials

So little story about the custom, culture and local wisdom of our community, may be useful

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All Text and Image in all of my Post are my Original Work

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