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Minangkabau people (Minangkabau: Urang Minang or Urang Awak; Indonesian or Malay: Orang Minangkabau; [5] Jawi: منڠكبو ), also known as Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
The Minang people survive as the world's largest matrilineal adherents. [1] [2] The principles of Minangkabau custom are contained in the statement of "Adat basandi syarak, syarak basandi Kitabullah" (Adat is based on Sharia, Sharia is based on Koran) which means custom based on Islamic teachings.
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Norman Tindale [1] mentions a passage in Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle that may reflect an encounter with the Minang. Describing his 8-day sojourn in the King George Sound, he stated that "we did not during our voyage pass a more dull and uninteresting time", [2] save for a performance given by the Cockatoo tribe:
Minangkabau people or Minang, an ethnic group indigenous to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra Overseas Minangkabau, demographic group of Minangkabau people of Minangkabau Highlands origin in West Sumatra, Indonesia who have settled in other parts of the world; Minangkabau language
As an American, something normal here, but (almost) nowhere else has to be The Imperial System. ... Among the Minang people, there is a tradition of merantau (literally migrating) to different ...
Minangkabau people, an ethnic group in Sumatra Padang cuisine or Minang food, the cuisine of the Minangkabau people Minang language , the language spoken by the Minangkabau people
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