MONOMAD: Aerial view of Lampadang

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Lampadang is a small village in Aceh Besar, Indonesia. Maybe the village is not interesting to discuss today, but my interest in the village arose after reading an Aceh historical romance book by M. H. Székely-Lulofs, Tjoet Nja Din: de geschiedenis van een Atjehse vorstin, published in 1948 by Moussault's Uitgeverij, is the Dutch-language romance set in the Dutch East Indies before and during the Aceh War (1873-1903). The main character is an Acehnese noblewoman Tjoet Nja Din, the wife of resistance hero Teuku Umar, who died during the Aceh War. After her husband's death, she assumed her husband's role as a guerrilla troop leader.

The name can be written with various pronunciations: Cut Nyak Dhien, Cut Nyak Din, Tjoet Nja Dinh, Tjoet Nja Din. If you are interested in his figure, you can read about her at nl.wikipedia.org. The story of his struggle was also filmed; it premiered in 1988 and has been re-released in theaters in 2021 in a restored version. I can provide the Tjoet Nja' Dhien [English Subtitles] YouTube link for the 2021 restoration version, but I'm not sure if it's an official channel.

What is the relationship between Lampadang and Tjoet Nja Din? It's her hometown. She was ambushed, jailed, and exiled to Sumedang, a place far from his hometown, in his old age as a guerrilla in the forest. He was already blind from cataracts when he was arrested. I'll quote two paragraphs from the end of the romance:

In Sumedang, in de Preanger Regentschappen, heeft Tjoet Nja Din haar laatste levensjaren gesleten. Zij heeft daar gewoond in de stand, die haar toekwam, omringd door dienaressen en met eerbied behandeld. Ook haar ogen zijn genezen, de staar werd gelicht en zij is weer ziende geworden.
En, ziende, heeft zij het prachtige berglandschap van de Preanger gezien, bergen, zoals in haar eigen land. Maar het zijn niet de bergen van haar eigen land! En ik kan mij voorstellen, hoe zij, stilletjes op een voorgalerij gezeten, inde verte starend, door déze bergen heen, altijd dat andere landschap ziet: de rijstvelden rondom Lampadang; het graf van de Heilige met de Verkeerde Naam, aan de voet van het Parangebergte; de smalle dijk naar Lampisang; de Tjot Tjako, die aan de ingang staat van de Kloof van Beradin en ’s morgens, bij zonsopgang, zijn schaduw neerwerpt over het dorp... Het enige, wat dan aan haar beweegt, zijn haar handen, die ze in haar schoot had liggen, los en stil naast elkaar, en die ze in elkaar vouwt en, gevouwen, weer in haar schoot laat terugzinken.

  • Székely-Lulofs, Tjoet Nja Din - de geschiedenis van een Atjehse vorstin, Moussault's Uitgeverij, Amsterdam, 1948.

The text describes Cut Nyak Dhien's yard in Lampadang on a clear morning at sunrise, so I went there to double check. Nature has changed dramatically.

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Lampadang, a lovely village, is separated by the Ulee Lheue lagoon with views of green hills to the west and south.

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The cluster of hills on the upper side of the pic is the Head of Aceh, the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Check out my previous post: The Former Main Port City of Aceh.

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The views to the north of Lampadang village show Weh Island in the distance, and the mainland of Ulee Lheue, Banda Aceh.

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The view to the east of Lampadang village shows Banda Aceh City and the natural landmark of Seulawah Agam in the distance.

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The road that divides the Ulee Lheue lagoon leads to the village of Lampadang from the Banda Aceh City.
Bend over for a moment to share the memory with her.

Thank You
Irfan M Nur (@vannour)
Taken with Drone DJI PHANTOM 4



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The black and white photos taken with the drone show the city very beautiful from a panoramic perspective.

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The image display from the air looks very good and of course I am very entertained to see the state of the image like this.

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