group‚ also known as Minang (Urang minang in Minangkabau language)‚ 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
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cunning‚ and wisdom of this Indonesian people. The name is derived from minang (or victorious) and kabau (or buffalo). There are close to 5.5 million people who are of Minangkabau heritage and they reside in the Middle East in places such as Java‚ Sumatra‚ and Riau. The Minangkabau people are highly educated and many of them are dominate the educated classes of people in Indonesia. This is because they place such an emphasis on learning. They also enjoy middle and higher class lifestyles compared
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Minangkabau Houses: Matrilineal Architecture Fig. 1: Location Map (Google Map‚ 2017) Introduction Located a Western Sumatra at Padang Panjang (Fig.1)‚ the Minangkabau is commonly recognisable through its jutting buffalo horn roof also known as “rumah bagonjong” (Wiryomartono 2014). The Minangkabau house also known as “Rumah gadang” literally meaning the great house (Wiryomartono 2014)‚ serves as a residence‚ a hall for family meetings and for ceremonial activities. According to (Kahin 1999)‚
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What is the tribal name of these aboriginal people? Mentawai Where exactly do they live? On the Island of Siberut – A remote island off the coast of Padang‚ West Sumatra‚ Indonesia. What do you know about their way of life? How do they eat‚ live‚ work‚ etc.? The Mentawai society is made up of clans. Each clan has a secular chief and a religious leader or shaman. The members of each of the clans live in umas‚ or clan houses. These houses are built from wood and palm thatch. Also the Mentawai
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the rhythm very well and displays the uniqueness of their culture with all the beautiful clothes and the different kinds of rhythms. __________ Caklempong traditional music is said to have brought to Malaya by the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra settled in Negeri Sembilan as early as the 14th century. Minangkabau society call the caklempong as talempong. (Source: Abdul Samad Idris‚ 1970) In the earlier tradition‚ other than the purpose for fun‚ caklempong was also played as an important
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The December 26‚ 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [pic] On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra‚ part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor‚ pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as
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is on Java. Java is the size of California. Java has 8% of total land area‚ 60% of population‚ & 135 million people * About Kerinci Seblat National Park * Indonesia is in South East Asia * Bettinger works on Sumatra Kerinci Seblat National Park is on Sumatra * Kerinci Seblat National Park is 14.000 km2 (bigger than Connecticut) * 4 provinces‚ 15 districts & AMs * Established late 1980s – Early 19902 * Tigers‚ rhinos‚ elephants‚ various ecosystems‚ high conservation
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The cause of the tsunami in Sumatra on 26 December 2004 which affected the entire Indian Ocean was a very violent earthquake of magnitude 9.3 on the Richter scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded after the one in Chile on 22 May 1960‚ with a magnitude of 9.5. It originated at 00:58:53 GMT (7:58:53 AM local time)‚ on a fault in a subduction area between the Indo-Australian plate and the Burma plate (which forms part of the larger Eurasian plate (see fig. 1)‚ with the hypocenter at a depth
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they were caught up in. And in that day in age nobody was aware of the danger. For the people of Pompeii there was no way to lessen the consequences of their disaster because they had no knowledge of the possibility of the disaster itself. The Sumatra earthquake disaster was extremely devastating. It claimed 286‚000 lives and caused irreversible damage to the landscape. It recorded a 9.0 on the Richter scale and induced megathrust‚ with a vertical displacement of between 30ft and 50ft and 75 miles
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said to have founded the Hindu Kingdom in Sulu during the 13th century. This empire also dominated the lands of Sumatra‚ Bali‚ Malay‚ Borneo‚ and Sulu. Both empires have no direct link of trading with the Philippines and so it is assumed that the Philippines were indirectly influenced. Based on the bits of traces of Sanskrit in the Philippines having been indirectly transferred through Sumatra‚ Java‚ and
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