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The sole purpose of the Nias figures was to fulfil ritual needs, whether it is to ensure wealth or to perform specific beneficial rite. Niassan figures vary in size, from as small as 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in height to more than 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall. When an elderly person died, the family would make a wooden statue known as adu zatua.
Moreover, many Mandailing people are of Minangkabau descent from Pagaruyung in the Minangkabau highlands, such as the Nasution clan. [5] Dutch colonization in Sumatra caused the Mandailing to be included as a sub-category of the Batak, as part of a 'wedge policy' to create a non-Muslim buffer state called Batakland between the powerful Muslim ...
Aceh, Riau and Johor kingdoms and Northern Sumatra adopted the Javanese style kebaya as a means of social expression of status with the more alus or refined Javanese overlords. [ 4 ] Kebaya is usually worn during official national events by the Indonesian first lady, wives of Indonesian diplomats, and Indonesian women in general.
They only make up 29% of Riau Island population, while in Riau, they constitute a plurality, at around 45%. Riau Malays, especially in coastal Riau and Riau Islands, share the same or similar cultural, historical, and linguistic background with Johorean and Singaporean Malays due to their common Malaccan origin in the 15th century.
The Jabatan Adat Istiadat dan Kebajikan Masyarakat (Department of Customs and Social Welfare) was first founded in October 1961, [8] as a result of the Kebajikan Masyarakat (Social Welfare Section) appointing Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Masri as its director, and the creation of the Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Brunei (Brunei Social Welfare ...
Adat perpatih, confined almost exclusively to Negeri Sembilan, where dwell the descendants of the Minangkabau immigrants from West Sumatra, is associated with a matrilineal rule of descent and a political structure based upon the kinship system. [19] Though both adat originated from tribal organizations in the past, it is in Adat perpatih that ...
Law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and Dutch law.Before European presence and colonization began in the sixteenth century, indigenous kingdoms ruled the archipelago independently with their own custom laws, known as adat (unwritten, traditional rules still observed in the Indonesian society). [1]
Riau's economy in the first quarter of 2017 grew by 2.82 per cent, improving compared to the same period in the previous year which grew 2.74 per cent (year-over-year). This growth was supported by growth in almost all businesses, except mining and excavation which contracted 6.72 per cent.