Minangkabau

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Chapters: Minangkabau people, Padang food, People of Minangkabau descent, Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Mohammad Hatta, Tan Malaka, Zubir Said, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Sutan Sjahrir, Muhammad Yamin, Overseas Minangkabau, Negeri Sembilan, Adam Malik, Sherina Munaf, Sha'ari Tadin, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Aziz Ishak, Minangkabau businesspeople, Alfian Sa'at, Hamka, Minangkabau language, Pagaruyung Kingdom, Sandhy Sondoro, Djamaluddin Adinegoro, Syahrir, Arizal, Wandly Yazid, Tarmizi Taher, Yamtuan Besar, List of Minangkabau people, Taufiq Ismail, Yusof bin Ishak, Emil Salim, Bunga Citra Lestari, Sultan Tangkal Alam Bagagar, Padri War, Mohammad Natsir, Afrizal Malna, Dorce Gamalama, Rendang, Marshanda, Abdul Halim, Raja Melewar, Budi Putra, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Rizal Ramli, Muhammad Amrullah, Abdul Latief, Djamaluddin Malik, Marah Roesli, Kemal Idris, Datuk, Assaat, Abdul Muis, Chairil Anwar, Eva Arnaz, Sariamin Ismail, Nikita Willy, Joesoef Isak, Nirina Zubir, Taufiq Kiemas, Saluang, Rosihan Anwar, Jajang C. Noer, Soekarno M. Noer, Usmar Ismail, Nur Sutan Iskandar, Rohana Kudus, Ali Akbar Navis, Azyumardi Azra, Basrizal Koto, Abdoel Rivai, Abdul Karim Amrullah, Camelia Malik, Chairul Saleh, Amirsham Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif, Rinaldi Firmansyah, Ahmad Khatib, Agus Salim, Motinggo Busye, Sakai, Idrus, Syahril Sabirin, Chairul Tanjung, Fahmi Idris, Daun ubi tumbuk, Desi Anwar, Rasuna Said, Azwar Anas, Bachtiar Chamsyah, Tulis Sutan Sati, Deliar Noer, Teh Talua, Arbi Sanit, Dendeng. Excerpt: The Minangkabau ethnic group (also known as Minang or Padang) is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. Their culture is matrilineal, with property and land passing down from mother to daughter, while religious and political affairs are the responsibility of men (although some women also play important roles in these areas). Today 4 million Minangs live in West Sumatra, while about 3 million more are scattered throughout many Indonesian and Malay peninsular cities and towns. The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic, but also follow their ethnic traditions, or adat. The Minangkabau adat was derived from animist beliefs before the arrival of Islam, and remnants of animist beliefs still exist even among some practicing Muslims. The present relationship between Islam and adat is described in the saying "tradition founded upon Islamic law, Islamic law founded upon the Qur'an" (adat basandi syara', syara' basandi Kitabullah). Their West Sumatran homelands were the location of the Padri War from 1821 to 1837. Location ethnic groups of Sumatra, the Minangkabau is shown in light and dark oliveThe name Minangkabau is thought to be a conjunction of two words, minang ("victorious") and kabau ("buffalo"). There is a legend that the name is derived from a territorial dispute between the Minangkabau and a neighbouring prince. To avoid a battle, the local people proposed a fight to the death between two water buffalo to settle the dispute. The prince agreed and produced the largest, meanest, most aggressive buffalo. The Minangkabau produced a hungry baby buffalo with its small horns ground to be as sharp as knives. Seeing the adult buffalo across the field, the baby ran forward, hoping for milk. The big buffalo saw no threat in the baby buffalo and paid no attention to it, looking around for a worthy opponent. But when the baby thrust his head under the big bull's belly, looking for an udder, the ...