reliable sailors (from ancient times until now)

"My ancestors a sailor", presumably the song is very familiar in our ears. Although known as an agricultural land, it is undeniable that it has distinctive characteristics in the maritime. Here is an exposition of the severity of ACEH sailors in historical perspective from ancient times to the present.

The Acehnese
The people of Aceh became reliable seafarers because of the strong technology of fortifications and shipping. The people of Aceh have an unique ship called Pinisi ship. This ship have been two mast sails. The expertise of creating ships caused many other areas trying to adopt the technology of aceh people.

In addition, some of the factors that made Aceh a great seaman are:
The sultans and their people vigorously participated in international trade networks, and interacted with the cosmopolitan city of community. Thus, it led to the creation of a Creative Renaissance that made Bandar Aceh one of the leading centers of science in last day.

The Acehnese were to be able to establish empires that had no European influence at all. And without establishing the city as the center of their activities.

ACEH also has literatures, both spoken and written. Various literature developed along with the tradition of oral, until now still read and copied again.

The Acehnese have been a strong identity and even got the title as the most powerful archipelago of Islamic identity.

ACEH people are known to be hard-core people and highly respectful of honor. If necessary for the sake of their honor the people of Aceh are willing to commit acts of violence even though life is at stake. However, behind the hard nature of the people of Aceh is also known as a friendly and very respectful of others and very high sense of loyalty.

The Acehnese are known as excellent sailors by using their Phinisi sailing oceans with valiant sideways besides it is also very clever in farming and gardening.

Aceh have been living Law that is ADAT LAOT( SEA CUSTOM ), which contains various aspects of marine field ACEH since ancient times. Among other things, there are governance arrangements of authority in the sea, governance of prosperity, social and cultural life, and the governance of defense and security. Everything is marine oriented.

The customary law of sea also contains the law of the sea is not solely based on merely commercial considerations, but also integrated the factors of moral, religious, and the soul as the basic incarnation of strong belief in the Supreme God.

Aceh is a port city and a trading city. Aceh benefits from its strategic location, so Aceh is visited by fishermen and merchants who follow local cruise routes, as well as the merchants that wants to reach the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean, and Europe. Aceh's inhabitants are mostly livelihoods as sailors because Aceh is located in the vicinity of the Strait of Malacca, which is often used for fishing and trade. The Acehnese have become reliable seafarers to date because since the fall of Malacca Kingdom under Portuguese colonie, Aceh has been integrated in the Maritime trade of archipelago and Asia, before a long time ago the western came to the archipelago at the beginning of the 13th century.

In addition, Aceh is also used as a marine trading center around the Malacca Strait. Such as conditions cause the people of Aceh to indirectly engage on shipping activities in the ocean / waters of Aceh. The people of Aceh are increasingly adept in the ocean, as evidenced by the placement of commander who came from the people of Aceh as a regulator of commercial and trading activities. The conquest of the maritime kingdoms on the Malay peninsula became one of the factors supporting the success of Aceh's maritime culture. It can be concluded that the activity in maritime has become commonplace for the people of Aceh.

fishermen are pushing rowboats