Complex sentence: The east-west direction may originally have a life-death--sacred-profane symbolism found anywhere in Indonesia, however after the Islamization of Aceh, the west direction is sometimes associated with the direction of Mecca.
Split into simpler sentences: The east-west direction may originally have a life-death--sacred-profane symbolism found anywhere in Indonesia. After the Islamization of Aceh, the west direction is sometimes associated with the direction of Mecca.