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implementation of education is not clear, the talents and

willingness of students do not get a proper place, educational
materials are conditional with government messages and

information, values (religion) have dwindled and are being

replaced by values that adhere to the government with the APS
slogan "As long as the government is happy". ". Differences of

opinion are considered anti-government, so collectively all of this
has destroyed the values of education in customs, especially the

democratic values of education contained in them.
Seeing the fact that the loss of the tradition of showing

figures from regions that had potential since the Padri war until the

independence period means that the Republic of Indonesia has lost
its nation's assets. And driven by the spirit of reform that is

currently rolling and it seems that democracy or freedom of
expression is starting to get a place again, so the interest and desire

of researchers arose to retrace the starting point of the concept of
Minang adat education. Through this research, the author tries to

explore and examine the concepts and thoughts of education

contained in Minang customs.
B. Limitation and Problem Formulation

Considering the time span of the existence of Minang

customs which lasted quite a long time, the researchers limited the
Minang customs studied were Minang customs after the Paderi